Definitions for cable-laid
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ca′ble-laid`(adj.)
noting a rope formed of three plain-laid ropes twisted together in a left-handed direction.
Category: Textiles
Origin of cable-laid:
1715–25
Wiktionary
cable-laid(Adjective)
comprising three ropes, each containing three strands twisted together, laid together left-handed
Origin: cable + the past participle of to lay
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