ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Cable-laid

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Cable-laid is an adjective meaning (nautical, of rope) Consisting of three or four hawser-laid ropes twisted together left-handed (turning in an anticlockwise direction).

Meaning

(nautical, of rope) Consisting of three or four hawser-laid ropes twisted together left-handed (turning in an anticlockwise direction).

More Meanings

  1. Twisted after the manner of a cable.

Example Sentences

a cable-laid gold chain

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hawser-laid, water-laid, spunlaced, crossband, wove, thrown.

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