WATER-LAID


Meaning of WATER-LAID in English

/waw"teuhr layd', wot"euhr-/ , adj. Ropemaking.

noting a rope laid left-handed from three or four plain-laid ropes, in the making of which water was used to wet the fibers instead of the more customary oil or tallow.

[ 1855-60 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .