well-laid

well-laid (comparative better-laid, superlative best-laid)

1. Firmly and properly laid.
   • 2020 April 8, Howard Johnston, “East-ended? When the ECML was at risk”, in Rail, page 67:

     Add the government's ruthless determination to force the elimination of duplicate routes (often losing well-laid track for inferior lines with an unsuitably low axle loading or weak bridges), and it is easy to understand why confidence to compete was lacking.

2. (of a plan, scheme etc.) Formulated carefully or meticulously.

• best-laid plans

• “well-laid”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.