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verb (used with object)
1.
Nautical. to fasten (a rope) by winding around a pin or short rod inserted in a holder so that both ends of the rod are clear.
2.
Mountain Climbing.
a.
to secure (a person) by attaching to one end of a rope.
b.
to secure (a rope) by attaching to a person or to an object offering stable support.
3.
(used chiefly in the imperative)
a.
to cease (an action); stop.
b.
to ignore (an announcement, order, etc.): Belay that, the meeting will be at 0900 instead of 0800.
verb (used without object)
4.
to belay a rope: Belay on that cleat over there.
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noun
5.
Mountain Climbing. a rock, bush, or other object sturdy enough for a running rope to be passed around it to secure a hold.
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Example Sentences
- IN rock climbing, the belay rope is your umbilical cord.
- In your hand is an ice hammer, and a piton or ice screw for securing a belay rope to the top.
- He reappears minutes later, dropping through the notch to rejoin us on the belay ledge.
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World English Dictionary
| belay (bɪˈleɪ) | |
| —vb , -lays, -laying, -layed | |
| 1. | nautical to make fast (a line) by securing to a pin, cleat, or bitt |
| 2. | (usually imperative) nautical to stop; cease |
| 3. | mountaineering to secure (a climber) to a mountain by tying the rope off round a rock spike, piton, nut, etc |
| —n | |
| 4. | mountaineering See also running belay the attachment (of a climber) to a mountain by tying the rope off round a rock spike, piton, nut, etc, to safeguard the party in the event of a fall |
| [Old English belecgan; related to Old High German bileggen, Dutch beleggen] | |
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Word Origin & History
belay
O.E. bilecgan, among other senses, "to lay a thing about" (with other objects), from be- + lecgan "to lay" (see lay). The only surviving sense is the nautical one of "coil a running rope round a cleat or pin to secure it" (also transferred to mountain-climbing), first attested
EXPAND1540s; but this is possibly a cognate word, from Du. beleggen.
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