plain-laid
[
pleyn
-
leyd
]
/ˈpleɪnˈleɪd/
adjective
,
Ropemaking.
1.
noting a rope laid right-handed with three left-handed strands, without a heart; hawser-laid.
Origin
1885-90
British Dictionary definitions for
plain-laid
plain-laid
adjective
1.
(of a cable or rope) made of three strands twisted together from left to right