left-laid

[ left-leyd ]

/ ˈlɛftˌleɪd /

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adjective

noting a rope, strand, etc., laid in a left-handed, or counterclockwise, direction as one looks away along it (opposed to right-laid).

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Words nearby left-laid

left-handed, left-handed compliment, left-hander, left holding the bag, leftist, left-laid, left-luggage office, left-of-center, left out, leftover, leftward

How to use left-laid in a sentence

On the same day fifty-two deputies of the Left laid before the Chambers a bill of impeachment against the Ministry.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year|Edwin Emerson