laydown

The act of laying something down.

However, significant smoke was observed during laydown of this mixture.

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 […]

A pattern of deployment.

The offense could contrive a variety of laydowns to intensify the defense's problems.

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.

A tree fallen in water, where anglers might target fish.

The most important thing to consider when fishing laydowns is to perfectly position your boat before making your very first cast

Of packaging: designed to lie flat rather than stand upright.

Most C-store category managers prefer pegboard to bagged, and many have stopped carrying laydown bags.

Of (usually nuclear) bomb delivery: designed to land the bomb on the ground and wait for some time before detonation.