as adj. Made by twining or twisting; twisted; spun. Obsolete. rare. (See also twine thread, n.)

Of rope: Made from the yarns of old rope. Also absol. = twice-laid rope.

Of rope: made of bast (bast, n.1).

(see quot.).

made of three or four strands laid up into one.

(a) Rope-making = cable-laid adj. at cable, n. compounds 2 (now rare); (b) Geology deposited by or in water.

Rope-making. Of a strand: formed by means of a register (register, n.1 13). Obsolete.

applied to rope composed of four (formerly sometimes three) strands laid right-handed with a heart.

of a rope (see quot.).

(of a rope) made in a flat form by binding together two or more hawser-laid ropes.

(of a rope) having four strands.

attributive designating a rope or cable which has the outer strands of such a shape as to lock together and form a smooth cylindrical surface.

consisting of three threads.