bight oor Xhosa

bight

/baɪt/ naamwoord, werkwoord

A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow.

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A broad bay formed by an indentation (a bight) in the shoreline.

In rough weather a deeper bight is necessary to absorb the sudden loads to which the towrope will be subjected.
Kwimozulu embi itheku elinzulu liyafuneka ukufunxa imithwalo apho intambo yokutsala ixhomekeke khona.

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It can also be used to secure a sling or the bight of a rope to a hook when the strain on both parts of the bight is approximately equal.
Ingaphinda isetyenziswe ekukhuseleni okanye kurhintyelo lwentambo ekoneni xa intsika macala omabini orhintyelo olukuqikelelo olulinganayo.

The end is then passed down between the bights.
Isiphelo yandule ngokugqitha ngaphantsi phakathi kwamarhityela.

On approaching the buoy, the bridles are started so that they run out and hang down in a bight.
Ukungena komqondiso odadayo imikhala iyaqala ukuze ibenako ukubaleka ngaphandle ijinge ezantsi kwintambo ezizinkunzi.

Care should be taken that each bight at the end of a fake is laid under that immediately preceding it to ensure a clear run.
Ukhathalo kufuneka luthathwe kurhintyelo ngalunye ekupheleni kolwenziso olubekiweyo ngaphantsi kogqithiso lwalomzuzu olucacisa ubaleko.

Make a half-hitch in each bight of the first row.
Yenza isibophelelo esisisiqingatha kwirhintyela ngalinye kuluhlu lokuqala.

The hands positioned at the davits pass the bights over the davit sheaves, haul taut, belay them to the davit cleats or to the staghorns on deck, and report ‘Foremost (or after) fall belayed, Sir.'
Izandla ezibambe emazantsi esikhitshane ziqabele phezulu kwamazantsi esikhitshane zityhaliwe zabamba zanqamleza umphantsi wesikhitshane, kuyachazwa `Umphambili usengaphantsi awunyuki, mhlekazi'.

This is done by passing a wooden bar through the bight of the bowline.
Oku kwenziwa ngokugqithisa intsika yomthi kumngxunya wentambo esuka ephenyaneni

It should be faked in as long fleets as the deck space permits, and the bight of each fake should be secured.
Kumele ikhohliselwe ngaphakathi njengokoko siside isinqanawa kwaye isithuba sikuvumela oko, kwaye irhintyela ngalinye lenkohliso kumele likhuselwe.

Ensure that the end of each bight lies back along the pointing.
Qiniseka ngokuba isiphelo serhintyela ngalinye lileli ngomva kwindawo.

Before the anchor is let go, a bight of its warp equal to the depth of water, must be streamed.
Phambi kokuba i-ankile iyekwe, indawo egotyiweyo yentambo yayo elingana nobunzulu bamanzi kufanelwe ibalekiswe emanzini

This is so that the anchor is dropped in the exact position, and the cable is laid out in a bight clear of the anchor.
Oku kwemeka ngenxa yokubo inakile kufuneka ihliswe kwindawe efunekayo ne nTambo inhintyeleke ngoku funeka ye kwi ankile.

Once away from the ship, the heavy bight of picking-up rope astern of the boat will prevent her from altering course.
Kwa isasuko inqanawa irhintyelwa yenzima yentambo yokuqinisekisa yesibonda sokuqala somphambili wenqanawa sinqanda ukuba.

Now make a bight in the twine about 8 in.
Ngoku rhintyela kwintsontela kube kasibhozo phakathi.

The sheet bend, the bowline and the clove hitch are the three main knots which can be released quickly by using a bight instead of an end in the last phase of making them.
Ilaphu eliqaqambileyo eligotyiweyo, iqhina kunye neqhina lokubophelela intambo kwisibophelelo ngewona maqhina amathathu anokukhululwa ngokukhawuleza ngokusebenzisa urhintyelo endaweni yesiphelo kwisigqibelo sendawo ekwenzelwe kuso wona.

The cable should be stopped in shallow bights, at intervals of three feet, to a one and a quarter inch wire-rope jackstay.
Intambo mayimiswe kumaqhina angekho nzulu, kwiziphumlo ezizinyawo ezintathu kwii-intshi enye nekota zentambo yocingo.

This splice is used when it is required to make a permanent eye in the bight of a rope.
Lo mhlomelo usetyenziswa xa ufuneka ukwenza isigxina semehlo kwirhintyela lentambo.

When the ladder is used in conjunction with boat booms, a round thimble is seized in the bight of the wire.
Nanina ileli isetyenziswa ihlanganisa isikhephe nesigqubuthelo, jikelele kwifimbili ithimba phakathi irhintyela ngocingo.

A rope which may have to be paid out quickly should be faked down in as long fakes as stowage space allows; falls, for example, must be faked from the bight to the end.
Intambo enokuthi ibhatalwe ngokukhawuleza kungafuneka yenziwe ingabinabunyani iwiswe phantsi ngokungabi nanyani ngokuya ilahlwa kuvuleka isithuba esivumela, ukusuka umzekelo kuwiswe, umzekelo kufuneka ingabinaku nyaniseka kwisiphelo sorhintyelo.

Twist the top of each bight so as to form a figure of eight.
Jika umphezulu werhintyela ngalinye ukuvelisa inani lesibhozo.

Under the pull of the tow, the bight which you have made and held together by hand, is drawn tight.
Phantsi kotsalo lwentambo, irhintyela elwenzileye, waza walubamba ngesandla, lutsalwa luqine.

The chief requirement in towing (except when using Nylon) is to ensure that when the ships are moving at the required speed there is a sufficient sag in the bight of the towrope to absorb any sudden fluctuating loads.
Imfuneko ephambili ekutsaleni (ngaphandle kokuba kusetyenziswa inayiloni) kukuqinisekisa ukuba xa iinqanawa zihamba ngesantya esifunekayo kukho ubheno olwaneleyo kwirhintyela lentambo yokutsala elifunxa nayiphina imithwalo equbulisayo eguquguqukayo.

The graph shown in the figure below gives the length of wire hawser necessary in calm weather to obtain a required depth of sag in the bight.
Isazinge esiboniswe kumzobo ongezantsi inika ubude bentambo enkulu yocingo efuneka kwimozulu ezolileyo ukufumana ubunzulu obufunekayo bobheno kwirhintyela.

The bight of the coil is then passed down through the same bight of mesh.
Irhintyela lomthandelo liye lagqitha phantsi kwirhintyela elinye lomngxuma womnatha.

This hitch is for securing a marline spike, or similar object, into the bight of a line.
Esi sibopheleli sesokhuselo lwameva aseMarlin okanye esiphantse safana kurhityelo lomgca.

The bight of the line around the mast slides up the mast and breaks it out of its step.
Imntyela lentambo ejikeleze imasti inyuka ngemasti eyephule isuke kule ndawo ime kuyo.