BIGHT, a nautical term for the loop or bent part of a rope, as distinguished from the ends; it is used as a geographical term for a slightly receding bay between two distant headlands, e.g., the Bight of Benin, the Great Bight of Australia. The name is occasionally used for any slight bend or curve as a geographical feature; e.g., the corner or recess of a bay, the bend of a river.