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plain-laid

[ pleyn-leyd ]

adjective

, Ropemaking.
  1. noting a rope laid right-handed with three left-handed strands, without a heart; hawser-laid.


plain-laid

adjective

  1. (of a cable or rope) made of three strands twisted together from left to right
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of plain-laid1

First recorded in 1885–90

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