The Collaborative International Dictionary
Left-hand rope
Left-hand \Left"-hand`\ (l[e^]ft"h[a^]nd`), a. Situated on the left; nearer the left hand than the right; as, the left-hand side; the left-hand road.
Left-hand rope, rope laid up and twisted over from right to left, or against the sun; -- called also water-laid rope.
Usage examples of "left-hand rope".
At the last possible moment, she pulled hard on the left-hand rope.
Like Daine, he'd managed the barest hold on the left-hand rope, hampered by his staff.