laydown

Meanings

Noun

• The act of laying something down.
• A physical mockup or layout of a page design.
• A pattern of deployment.
• 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.
• A tree fallen in water, where anglers might target fish.

Adjective

• Of packaging: designed to lie flat rather than stand upright.
• Of (usually nuclear) bomb delivery: designed to land the bomb on the ground and wait for some time before detonation.

Origin

• From the verb phrase lay down.