Usually means: Twisted strands forming simple rope.
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  1. plain-laid: Merriam-Webster
  2. plain-laid: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. plain-laid: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. plain-laid, plain-laid: Collins English Dictionary
  5. plain-laid: Wordnik
  6. plain-laid: Wiktionary
  7. plain-laid: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. plain-laid: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. plain-laid: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Plain-laid, plain-laid: Dictionary.com
  11. Plain-laid: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. plain-laid: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Plain-laid: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. plain-laid: FreeDictionary.org
  15. plain-laid: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  (nautical, of rope) Consisting of three strands twisted together right-handed (turning in a clockwise direction).

Similar:
pleached, braided, writhen, interplaited, paved, corded, laced, clinker-built, stranded, rigged, more...

Opposite:
fancy, ornate, elaborate, intricate

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Similar:
pleached, braided, writhen, interplaited, paved, corded, laced, clinker-built, stranded, rigged, more...

Opposite:
fancy, ornate, elaborate, intricate



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