(of a cable or rope) made of three strands twisted together from left to right
plain-laid in American English
(ˈpleɪnˈleɪd)
adjective
made of three strands laid together with a right-handed twist
said of a rope
plain-laid in American English
(ˈpleinˈleid)
adjective
(in ropemaking)
noting a rope laid right-handed with three left-handed strands, without a heart; hawser-laid
Word origin
[1885–90]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: retread, roller coaster, scrum, sensitization, upsweep