Pronunciation Verb
belay (belays, present participle belaying; past and past participle belayed)
- (transitive, obsolete) To surround; environ; enclose.
- (transitive, obsolete) To overlay; adorn.
- jacket […] belayed with silver lace
- (transitive, obsolete) To besiege; invest; surround.
- (transitive, obsolete) To lie in wait for in order to attack; block up or obstruct.
- (nautical, ambitransitive) To make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleat or piton.
- (transitive) To secure (a person) to a rope or (a rope) to a person.
- He would need an experienced partner to belay him on the difficult climbs.
- (transitive) To lay aside; stop; cancel.
- I could only hope the remaining piton would belay his fall.
- Belay that order!
- (intransitive, nautical) The general command to stop or cease.
- Italian: dar volta, assicurare
- German: beenden
- Russian: отставить
- German: sichern
- Russian: страховать
belay (plural belays)
- (climbing) The securing of a rope to a rock or other projection.
- (climbing) The object to which a rope is secured.
- (climbing) A location at which a climber stops and builds an anchor with which to secure their partner.
Belay
Proper noun
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