twice-laid

American  

[twahys-leyd] / ˈtwaɪsˈleɪd /

adjective

1. made from strands of used rope.

2. made from makeshift or used material.

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twice-laid British  

adjective

1. made from strands of used rope

2. made from old or used material or retwisted yarn

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Etymology

Origin of twice-laid

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

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twice-laid

I will come and fast on canvas-back duck with you to-morrow, for it's Friday; and whatever lives on aquatic food is fishy--a duck is twice-laid fish.

From Nature and Human Nature by Haliburton, Thomas Chandler

It is principally used in caulking the seams, for stopping leaks, and for making into twice-laid ropes.

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

After a feast of cocoa and cream-cakes at Bauermann's they got home just in time for a dinner of twice-laid and Uncle Tom's pudding, to which even Dick and Jerry could not do justice.

From The Happy Adventurers by Middleton, Lydia Miller

My entertainment at this house, outward-bound, was half a second-hand roasted turkey, or, what the sailors call a twice-laid dish, i.e. one which is done over a second time.

From A Year's Journey through France and Part of Spain, Volume 2 by Thicknesse, Philip