minelaying
- n laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipment
- Though relations between his country and Greece have been strained ever since a mysterious submarine sank the old Greek minelaying cruiser Helle during a religious festival last .
- COVER STORY: Congress bitterly rebukes Reagan after reports of CIA-directed minelaying A Court Without Authority How to Block a Harbor Mysterious Help from Offshore?.
- Other anxious moments came as they listened to the ticklish task of minelaying, or as they waited in the blue, corpselike light when buzzers called the crew to battle stations.