shroud-laid

American  

[shroud-leyd] / ˈʃraʊdˌleɪd /

adjective

Cordage.

1. noting a fiber rope of four strands laid right-handed with or without a heart.

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shroud-laid British  

adjective

1. (of a rope) made with four strands twisted to the right, usually around a core

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Etymology

Origin of shroud-laid

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

Thus the patent shroud-laid rope, made from clean Petersburgh hemp, was found to break at a strain between 63⁄4 and 71⁄4 cwt. per inch of girth in inches squared.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir