water-laid

[ waw-ter-leyd, wot-er- ]

adjective

, Ropemaking.

1. noting a rope laid left-handed from three or four plain-laid ropes, in the making of which water was used to wet the fibers instead of the more customary oil or tallow.

Word History and Origins

Origin of water-laid¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

Here's a sink, with the water laid on, Sir, and a clean jack towel behind the door.'

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Baths are usually grouped in a central bath-house adjacent to the cook-house, and have hot water laid on.

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The chambers in the more modern houses contain marble basins, with hot and cold water laid on.

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The bath in the king's apartments had hot and cold water laid on, and was used by the Prince of Wales when on his visit to Delhi.

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Thus they belong to a group of what are called 'water-laid' rocks.

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