hawser-laid

American  

[haw-zer-leyd, -ser-] / ˈhɔ zərˌleɪd, -sər- /

adjective

Ropemaking.

1. cablelaid.

2. plain-laid.

---

hawser-laid British  

adjective

1. (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

---

Etymology

Origin of hawser-laid

First recorded in 1760–70

Example Sentences

I am dying of thirst, and not a shred of dried fish or jerked beef has gone into my old mouth––” Yes there has, Doña Pancha, for just then a piece of hawser-laid rope––rather dry, perhaps, for mastication––was placed across your crying mouth that you might bite upon, if you would only stop your old tongue.

From Project Gutenberg

Is a rope of which each strand is a hawser-laid rope.

From Project Gutenberg

In rope-making the cable varies from 100 to 115 fathoms; cablet, 120 fathoms; hawser-laid, 130 fathoms, as determined by the admiralty in 1830.

From Project Gutenberg

Hawser-laid ropes are simple three-strand ropes, and range up to the same size as cablets, as from 3⁄4 to 9 inches.

From Project Gutenberg

The combination in the larger cordage, also known as hawser-laid.

From Project Gutenberg