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Belay Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Belay Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To make fast, as a rope, by taking several turns with it round a pin, cleat, or kevel.
To make fast, as a rope, by taking several turns with it round a pin, cleat, or kevel.
(v. t.)
To lie in wait for with a view to assault. Hence: to block up or obstruct.
To lie in wait for with a view to assault. Hence: to block up or obstruct.
(v. t.)
To lay on or cover; to adorn.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo lay on or cover; to adorn.
belay
\be*lay"\ (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. belaid, belayed (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. belaying.] [for senses 1 & 2, d. beleggen to cover, belay; akin to e. pref. be-, and lay to place: for sense 3, oe. beleggen, as. belecgan. see pref. be-, and lay to place.]
1. to lay on or cover; to adorn. [obs.] jacket belayed with silver lace.
2. (naut.) to make fast, as a rope, by taking several turns with it round a pin, cleat, or kevel.
3. to lie in wait for with a view to assault. hence: to block up or obstruct. [obs.]
belay
thee! stop.
similar words(1)
belay thee
To make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
Noun
1. something to which a mountain climber's rope can be secured
(hypernym) outcrop, outcropping, rock outcrop
Verb
1. turn a rope round an object or person in order to secure it or him
(hypernym) fasten, fix, secure
2. fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat
(hypernym) fasten, fix, secure
Belay Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
To make a line or rope fast to a pin or cleat
Belay Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
(1) To attach to an anchor. (2) To operate a safety line.
Belay Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
- This article is about belaying as it relates to climbing. For the nautical term describing the act of making a line fast to a fixed object, see cleat, belaying pin, bollard, or mooring.
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Belay Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries
To make fast a rope by turning up with it around a cleat, belaying pin, bollard, etc. Often used by seamen in the sense of arresting, stopping or canceling; e.g. "Belay the last order'.
to make secure
