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