hawser-laid
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How to use hawser-laid in a sentence
Large ropes are distinguished into two main classes, the cable-laid and hawser-laid.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreWhen a cable or tow line is made of three or more small ropes it is said to be “hawser-laid.”
A finer quality of hawser-laid rope than is commonly used for other purposes.
The Sailor's Word-Book | William Henry Smythhawser-laid rope is a right-handed rope, and cable-laid is therefore left-handed.
The Gunner's Examiner | Harold E. ClokeAlso, a hawser laid out to some fixed object to slue a vessel proceeding to sea.
The Sailor's Word-Book | William Henry Smyth
British Dictionary definitions for hawser-laid
(of a rope) made up of three strands, the fibres (or yarns) of which have been twisted together in a left-handed direction. These three strands are then twisted together in a right-handed direction to make the rope
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