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ca•ble•laid
(kā′bəl lād′),USA pronunciation adj.
- Textilesnoting a rope formed of three plain-laid ropes twisted together in a left-handed direction;
hawser-laid. - Textilesnoting a rope formed of three backhanded ropes twisted together in a right-handed direction.
- cable + laid 1715–25
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