laid cordage cable

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• Hawser-laid — Haws er laid ( l[=a]d ), a. Made in the manner of a hawser. Cf. {Cable laid}, and see Illust. of {Cordage}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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