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A doubled section of rope without a crossing.
Also known as: Rope bight, Doubled rope section
In knot terminology a bight is a section of rope doubled back on itself into a U shape, the two parts lying alongside without crossing.
Denotes a doubled section of rope whose parts lie alongside without crossing.
Contexts: History
Is precisely not a loop, which requires a crossing — a distinction that decides whether a knot can be tied without access to the rope's end.
Contexts: History
A U-shaped curve in the drawn rope, its two lines running parallel and not crossing one another.