Definition of "water-laid" [wa•ter-laid]

• Having a left-hand twist; said of cordage. (adjective)

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• "The smooth topography of the Glacial Lake Basins, even flatter than the surrounding drift plains (ecoregions 46g, 46i, and 46n), resulted from the slow buildup of water-laid sediments."
• "Unit 2 130–150 cm consists of a coarse-grained granulated facies, which represents an ice-proximal water-laid till."
• "The boundary of the drift is equally independent of the relief of the land, crossing hills and plains impartially, unlike water-laid deposits, whose margins, unless subsequently deformed, are horizontal."