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cable-laid

adj — 2 senses

cable-laid

adj
1

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

2

Twisted after the manner of a cable.

  • a cable-laid gold chain
Coordinate terms
hawser-laid, plain-laid, shroud-laid

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