The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shroud-laid
Shroud-laid \Shroud"-laid`\, a. Composed of four strands, and laid right-handed with a heart, or center; -- said of rope. See Illust. under Cordage.
Wiktionary
shroud-laid
a. (context of rope English) Composed of four strands, and laid right-handed with a heart, or centre.
Usage examples of "shroud-laid".
On this particular occasion he dashed away to a most surprising extent in sails - sails for every weather from wanton zephyrs to what might be expected off the Horn - and in cordage: best Manila almost everywhere, above all in the standing rigging, for which he maintained that nothing could exceed that costly rope in its three-strand shroud-laid form.