Nautical. Of a rope: The direction or amount of twist given to the strands. (Cf. lay, v.1 37.) Also in Spinning (see quot. 1851).
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| 释义 | society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > other manufactured or derived materials > [noun] > rope or cord > wire rope > twist given to strands of (2) lay1800 Nautical. Of a rope: The direction or amount of twist given to the strands. (Cf. lay, v.1 37.) Also in Spinning (see quot. 1851). Lang's lay1887 a lay (lay, n.7 7b) used for wire ropes and patented by Lang in 1879, in which the strands forming the rope are twisted in the same direction as the… |
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