to fix a rope to an anchor point while climbingTo have a safe climb you have to be belayed by someone you trust.

"to secure or fasten," from Old English bilecgan, which, among other senses, meant "to lay a thing about" (with other objects), from be- + lecgan "to lay" (see lay (v.)). [..]

v. To make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.

To secure, tie up or make fast, often another way of sayin’ stop.

(n) something to which a mountain climber's rope can be secured(v) turn a rope round an object or person in order to secure it or him(v) fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat

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To protect a climber from falling using a rope, friction, and an anchor.

  (as verb): To provide protection to a climber by means of controlling the feed of the rope.  (as noun): The main anchor point for a particular pitch.  Must be strong enough to hold the entire weight [..]

To hold fast.

1. To make fast a line around a fitting, usually a cleat or belaying pin. 2. To secure a climbing person in a similar manner.

To make fast as to a pin or cleat. To rescind an order (tie up).

To make fast as to a pin or cleat. To rescind an order (tie up).

To make fast a line around a fitting, usually a cleat or belaying pin. Or to secure a climbing person in a similar manner. It could also be an order to halt a current activity or countermand an order [..]

    (1) To secure a line to a fixed point; (2) order to disregard a previous order or to stop an action, as Belay the last order," or "Belay the small talk."  

    To cancel an order; stop; firmly secure a line.  

To tie and secure a rope.

(1) To make a line secure to a pin, cleat, bollard, bitt, etc. (2) Command to stop or cease action, e.g. "Belay the last order".

to stop. "Belay the chatter on the bridge." Also, an instruction to disregard a request or an order, as in "belay my request for overnight liberty." Finally, to sec [..]

to cancel an order; stop; firmly secure a line.

Short movable bars of iron or hard wood to which running rigging may be secured, or belayed.

(1) Stop. (2) Make fast. Derived from the practice of tying a line off (making it fast) using a belaying pin. (3) Disregard, as in 'belay my last.'

1. to make secure a line, usually to a belaying pin or cleat   2. an order to stop doing or rescind something; as in "Belay my previous order!

(1) To make a line secure to a pin, cleat, bollard, bitt, etc. (2) Command to stop or cease action, e.g. "Belay the last order".

Stop that. "Belay that talk!" would mean "Shut up!"

To make fast a rope or fall of a tackle. In hauling upon a rope the signal to cease is usually, "Belay!" or "Belay there!" "Belay that !" or "Avast hauling ! Belay!& [..]

[Old Eng. belagen] 1. to hold one end of a rope, so as to prevent a climber tied to the other end from falling. 2. (obsolescent) To coil or fasten a rope.

"Belay my last!" means "Never mind..." or "I was wrong about that but don't actually want to say so."

To wrap a line around a rock or tree so as to slow or stop Slippage. This technique allows one man to hold a line under great pull.

(transitive,obsolete) To surround; environ; inclose. (transitive,obsolete) To overlay; adorn. * Spenser *: jacketbelayed with silver lace (transitive,obsolete) To besiege; invest; surround. [..]

(noun) A place where you attach yourself to the rock. This can either be done briefly (during a climb, you put in protection to create a "running belay" that the rope is clipped to) or more [..]