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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HAWSER-LAID

HAWSER-LAID Haws "er-laid `, a.

 

Defn: Made in the manner of a hawser. Cf. Cable-laid, and see Illust. of Cordage.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

hawser-laid

haw ser-laid ▶adjective 1 another term for cable-laid. 2 chiefly historical denoting the ordinary type of rope commonly used in ships ’ rigging, typically made of three left-handed strands twisted together right-handed.

 

Oxford Dictionary

hawser-laid

hawser-laid ▶adjective another term for cable-laid.