right-laid
[ rahyt-leyd ]
adjective
noting a rope, strand, etc., laid in a right-handed, or clockwise, direction as one looks away along it (opposed to left-laid).
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How to use right-laid in a sentence
A boy with a ball in his left hand, and his right laid on his breast.
The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), | John RuskinLawyers say, I cannot find this right laid down in the books.
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