Complete Definition of "belay"

English

Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪ|-eɪ

Verb
en-verb|belays|belaying|belaid|belaid

  1. nautical to make a rope fast by turning it round a cleat or belaying pin.
  2. nautical the general command to stop or cease.
  3. climbing to secure a climber by tying the rope to any available fastening point.

Translations
trans-top|to secure a rope to a cleat
Finnish: kiinnittää
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trans-top|general command to stop
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trans-top|to secure a climber
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Noun
en-noun

  1. climbing The securing of a rope to a rock or other projection; the object to which the rope is secured; a location at which a climber stops and builds an anchor with which to secure his/or her partner

Category:English irregular verbs
Category:English transitive verbs

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