Associations to the word «Belay»

Wiktionary

BELAY, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To surround; environ; inclose.
BELAY, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To overlay; adorn.
BELAY, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To besiege; invest; surround.
BELAY, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To lie in wait for in order to attack; block up or obstruct.
BELAY, verb. (transitive) To make (a rope) fast by turning it round a fastening point such as a cleat or piton.
BELAY, verb. (transitive) To secure (a person) to a rope or (a rope) to a person.
BELAY, verb. (transitive) To lay aside; stop; cancel.
BELAY, verb. (intransitive) (nautical) The general command to stop or cease.
BELAY, verb. (intransitive) (nautical) To make a line fast by turns around a cleat, pin, or bitt.
BELAY, noun. (climbing) The securing of a rope to a rock or other projection.
BELAY, noun. (climbing) The object to which a rope is secured.
BELAY, noun. (climbing) A location at which a climber stops and builds an anchor with which to secure his/or her partner.

Dictionary definition

BELAY, noun. Something to which a mountain climber's rope can be secured.
BELAY, verb. Turn a rope round an object or person in order to secure it or him.
BELAY, verb. Fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat.

Wise words

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