water-laid

[ waw-ter-leyd, wot-er- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Ropemaking.

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.

First recorded in 1855–60

Here's a sink, with the water laid on, Sir, and a clean jack towel behind the door.'

Baths are usually grouped in a central bath-house adjacent to the cook-house, and have hot water laid on.

The chambers in the more modern houses contain marble basins, with hot and cold water laid on.

The bath in the king's apartments had hot and cold water laid on, and was used by the Prince of Wales when on his visit to Delhi.

Thus they belong to a group of what are called 'water-laid' rocks.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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