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Definition of Belay
1. Verb. Turn a rope round an object or person in order to secure it or him.
2. Noun. Something to which a mountain climber's rope can be secured.
3. Verb. Fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat.
Definition of Belay
1. v. t. To lay on or cover; to adorn.
Definition of Belay
1. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To surround; environ; inclose. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To overlay; adorn. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To besiege; invest; surround. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To lie in wait for in order to attack; block up or obstruct. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) To make (a rope) fast by turning it round a fastening point such as a cleat or piton. ¹
6. Verb. (transitive) To secure (a person) to a rope or (a rope) to a person. ¹
7. Verb. (transitive) To stop; cancel. ¹
8. Verb. (intransitive nautical) (non-gloss definition The general command to stop or cease.) ¹
9. Verb. (intransitive nautical) To make a line fast by turns around a cleat, pin, or bitt. ¹
10. Noun. (climbing) The securing of a rope to a rock or other projection. ¹
11. Noun. (climbing) The object to which a rope is secured. ¹
12. Noun. (climbing) A location at which a climber stops and builds an anchor with which to secure his/or her partner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Belay
1. to fasten a rope [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Belay
Literary usage of Belay
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India. : An Epic Poem by Luís de Camões, William Julius Mickle (1776)
"... fate belay'd. Such in the field the virgin warriors fhone, Who drank the limpid
wave of q Thermodon. ..."
2. The Elements of Natural Philosophy; Or, An Introduction to the Study of the by Golding Bird, Charles Brooke (1867)
"Siemens' Polarized belay.—This apparatus possesses a magnetic arrangement of
great merit, which has been largely employed in direct-acting receiving ..."
3. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"Silent they scud away, and haste their night To neighb'ring woods, and trust
themselves The speedy horse all passages belay, And spur their smoking steeds ..."
4. Hunt's Yachting Magazine (1865)
"... sing out " launch," then ease away the topmast to within about eight to twelve
inches of the topsail halyard sheave, and belay the mast rope securely. ..."
5. The Canadian Monthly and National Review by William White (1876)
"Ease her 1 belay ! stand by a spell I " In warning voice the careful bo'sen said :
But Peter, bent that fatal thirst to quell, Still onward sped. ..."
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