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plain-laid

American  
[pleyn-leyd] / ˈpleɪnˈleɪd /

adjective

Ropemaking.

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

plain-laid British  

adjective

  1. (of a cable or rope) made of three strands twisted together from left to right

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Etymology

Origin of plain-laid

First recorded in 1885–90

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