'Left-hand rope' definitions:

Definition of 'Left-hand rope'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Left-hand rope, rope laid up and twisted over from right to left, or against the sun; -- called also {water-laid rope}. [1913 Webster]