bight

bight

1. poukama, lahdeke (leveä, ei syvälle ulottuva merenlahti)

Synonyymisanakirja

bight

lahti, poukama, merenlahti, lahdeke, Benininlahti, Iso Australian lahti, silmukka, rengas, lenkki, kiinnittää, kiinnittää silmukalla, sitoa lenkille.

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Englannin sanakirja

bight (englanti > suomi)

1. mutka corner; kuoppa hollow

2. lahti

3. puhti

bight englanniksi

1. A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow

the bight of a horses knee''

the bight of an elbow

2. 1905, w:Robert Louis Stevenson|Robert Louis Stevenson, s:Travels_with_a_Donkey_in_the_Cevennes_(1905) Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes, s:Travels_with_a_Donkey_in_the_Cevennes_(1905)/Chapter_5 page 166

I spied a bight of meadow some way below the roadway in an angle of the river.

3. An area of sea lying between two promontories, larger than a bay, wider than a gulf

4. puhekieltä A bend or curve in a coastline, river, or other geographical feature.

5. A curve in a rope

6. 1899, w:Joseph Conrad|Joseph Conrad, s:Heart of Darkness|Heart of Darkness, s:Heart of Darkness/Section I|section 1

I could see every rib, the joints of their limbs were like knots in a rope; each had an iron collar on his neck, and all were connected together with a chain whose bights swung between them, rhythmically clinking.

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