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Meanings of bight in английском

A broad bay formed by an indentation (a bight) in the shoreline.

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Examples for "inlet"
Examples for "inlet"
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One morning when he went down to the inlet he heard voices.
Depths
2
And I watched the inlet for other waifs; but nothing more came.
The Morgesons: A Novel
3
The gully enters the boulder-strewn inlet under the shade of much leafage.
The Confessions of a Beachcomber
4
She breasted the fierce waves at the entrance to the inlet boldly.
A Prisoner of Morro; Or, In the Hands of the Enemy
5
Next day we started north along the west side of the inlet.
The North Pole / Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the...
Usage of bight in английском
1
An outlet through the bight for your product when you commence manufacturing.
Kindred of the Dust
2
Using a dedicated locking carabiner, clip this bight to your belay loop.
Climbing Magazine
3
Make a bight in the rope about three feet from the end.
Climbing Magazine
4
Have the free strand go behind the weighted strand to form a bight.
Climbing Magazine
5
The two-handed Munter:With the rope in one hand, form a bight.
Climbing Magazine
6
A trader's house showed up in the bight of the bay.
The Cruise of the Snark
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Rothesay is the two ends and bight of a damned sneak.
Rodman the Boatsteerer, and Other Stories / 1898
8
One end of which was secured by a bight of the trysail brailing.
The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 /...
9
Tie a figure eight on a bight with all four strands.
Climbing Magazine
10
Can we make the auld place within the bight of the Mays Water?
Patsy
11
You will note that the bight is used-twoparts, or loop.
The Dead Men's Song / Being the Story of a Poem and a Reminiscen...
12
Clip two locking biners through both strands of the figure-eight bight.
Climbing Magazine
13
The final bight created by the overhand should be pointing toward the load.
Climbing Magazine
14
Take a turn round that stump with the bight of it!
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
15
We both leaped off the poop; he gave me the bight of the halyards.
Poor Jack
16
Tie the figure eight on a bight and use this as a master point.
Climbing Magazine
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