• Laydown

    Origin

    lay + down, from lay down

    Full definition of laydown

    Noun

    laydown

    (plural laydowns)
    1. (usually uncountable) The act of laying down
      • However, significant smoke was observed during laydown of this mixture.
    2. (publishing) A physical mockup or layout of a page design
      • It was a week's worth of laydowns portraying the full line of athletic clothing for that season ...
    3. (military) A pattern of deployment
      • The offense could contrive a variety of laydowns to intensify the defense's problems.
    4. (bridge) A hand which is so strong that the declarer can simply expose it and claim the number of tricks required by his or her contract
      • North-South rested in five spades, with grand slams in spades and clubs laydown.

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