bight

• n.湾、ロープのコイル、カーブ

語源的にはbow（曲がる）と同じで、湾の多くのカーブを表す。

bight

bight: see bow

bight (n.)

Old English byht "bend, angle, corner" (related to bow), from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz (cognates: Middle Low German bucht, German Bucht, Dutch bocht, Danish bught "bight, bay"), from PIE root *bheug- (3) "to bend," with derivatives referring to bent, pliable, or curved objects (cognates: Old English beag, Old High German boug "ring;" see bow (v.)). Sense of "indentation on a coastline" is from late 15c.

1. the Great Australian Bight

グランドオーストラリアベイ

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2.A country of west-central Africa on the Bight of Biafra.

カメルーンのビフラ湾に近い中央西アフリカ諸国。