Bight

'Bight'

[bight.n.01] as in: a loop in a rope

'Bight'

[bight.n.02] as in: a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)

'Bight'

[bight.n.03] as in: a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline

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Examples:
the Bight of Benin
the Great Australian Bight

'Bight'

[bight.n.04] as in: the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends)

'Bight'

[bight.v.01] as in: fasten with a bight