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plain-laid

plain-laid
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pleyn leyd]
    • /pleɪn leɪd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pleyn leyd]
    • /pleɪn leɪd/

Definitions of plain-laid word

  • adjective plain-laid noting a rope laid right-handed with three left-handed strands, without a heart; hawser-laid. 1
  • adjective plain-laid (of a cable or rope) made of three strands twisted together from left to right 0
  • adjective plain-laid made of three strands laid together with a right-handed twist 0
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Origin of plain-laid

First appearance:

before 1885
One of the 21% newest English words
First recorded in 1885-90

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Parts of speech for Plain-laid

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Plain-laid

plain-laid popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Related words

  • cablelaid

    noting a rope formed of three plain-laid ropes twisted together in a left-handed direction; hawser-laid.

  • hawser-laid

    cablelaid (def 1).

  • regular lay

    a right-handed lay, as of a plain-laid rope.

  • right-hand

    on the right.

  • water-laid

    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.
All related words to plain-laid

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