bight

Even with a young team, the Anteaters advanced to the Big West Tournament final, so the future should be bight.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 11, 2018

Fitzpatrick said the venture in the bight either wasn’t competitive or didn’t align with the company’s “strategic goals”.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 10, 2016

The shallow bight, more than a mile wide in places, runs east to west and cuts Andros roughly in half.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2015

The boardwalk weaves along the bight from the ferry terminal on Grinnell to the end of Front Street.

From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2015

‘Bosun’s mate, take a bight of the flying-jib sheet, and start this villain if he doesn’t confess his sins double quick,’ said the British captain.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

The map was full of promises of the undiscovered, coves and lookout points, brooks and bights each harboring a secret second chance.

From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2016

A few weeks after this episode the Hoboken was slowly wending her way along the bights of the Bahamas.

From Willis the Pilot by Paul Adrien

This began to worry me and finally I lashed the tiller—fastening it in the bights of two 77ropes prepared for that purpose, and crept back into the cabin again.

From Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers by W. Bertram Foster

As the boom swung in, the sheet, of course, slackened up, and the bights, going over the quarter-deck, had caught everything in the way.

From The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document by Anonymous

The bights of the reins rest on the neck near the pommel of the saddle.

From Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army of the United States 1917 to be also used by Engineer Companies (Mounted) for Cavalry Instruction and Training by U. S. War Department

“You don’t want to end up with a bighted community as a result of trying to implement drastic water conservation measures,” Fraser said.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 14, 2015