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lay-day Comm.|ˈleɪdeɪ|
[app. f. lay v.1]
One of a certain number of days allowed according to a charter-party for the loading and unloading of cargo.
1845Stephen Comm. Laws Eng. (1874) II. 141 That he will..load and unload the goods within a certain number of days (usually called lay or running days). 1857C. Gribble in Merc. Marine Mag. (1858) V. 5 Your consignees..do not trouble themselves until your lay days are expired.
Add:2. Sailing. A day in which a boat is delayed in port (usu. because of bad weather, or so that the crew may rest).
1934Webster, Lay day,..a day of delay in port. 1958Stone & Taylor America's Cup Races xviii. 215 The committee declared the next day a lay day..to give both crews a needed rest. 1962Times 15 Sept. 3/3 Either skipper..may ask for a lay-day before the next start. 1976Yachts & Yachting 20 Aug. 374/2 The weather even obliged on Thursday's lay-day with a flat, oily calm. 1988Seahorse Sept–Oct. 21/1 The seven race series is held over nine days with two laydays in mid regatta to give sailors some extra breathing space. |