- right-handed rope
- noun
or right-hand rope
1. : a right-laid rope in which the strands are formed of yarns with left-handed twist : a plain-laid rope — compare left-handed rope2. : any right-laid rope
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
right-handed rope
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