cable-laid

English

adj
Definitions
  • (nautical) Made up of 3 or 4 hawser-laid ropes twisted together left-handed turning in an anticlockwise direction.
  • Twisted after the manner of a cable.

Etymology

Compound from English cable + English laid.

Origin

English

laid

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