Meanings
adjectivecable-laid (not comparable)
- not comparablenauticalConsisting of three or four hawser-laid ropes twisted together left-handed (turning in an anticlockwise direction).
- not comparableTwisted after the manner of a cable.
a cable-laid gold chain
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