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belay /ˈbiːleɪ / /bɪˈleɪ /verb [with object]1Fix (a running rope) round a cleat, rock, pin, or other object, to secure it.I realised that the sump rope was belayed some 4m from the end of the sump, and so I'd crossed the sump pool under water....- This lasts for some 20 metres, and then drops steeply into the Far Eastern Bedding Plane, emerging close to where the telephone cable is belayed for the Near Wallows.
- Also at this point, a telephone cable may be found belayed to a rock.
1.1Secure (a climber) with a belayed rope: he belayed his partner across the ice...- For a few nights I kept having a nightmare, where I was rockclimbing, and Rowan was belaying me.
- Losing no time, Simon tied their two 300 foot ropes together and started belaying the pain stricken Joe down the mountain.
- He eventually got it and scrambled to some anchors before belaying Suzanne from the top of the climb.
2 [usually in imperative] nautical slang Stop; desist from: ‘Belay that, mister. Man your post.’...- Of course, since I do the grocery shopping, I had only myself to blame for all these extra boxes… belay that, I have my child to blame.
- 3 Responses to Belay that order, weve Japanese fuel!
- The pirate says to belay the whining and I must say I do agree
noun1An act of belaying: the leader may require belays to tackle more difficult sections...- I'm watching the rope quickly diminish in length and wondering when he's going to get to the belay.
- No amount of determination could get me up any of these walls if I didn't have someone to give me a belay.
- Eventually the snow slides were over, the belay was set and it was my turn on the climb.
2A spike of rock or other object used for belaying: the trees along the top are used as belays...- A dry extension to the passage leads to a spike belay and the original 40-metre pitch.
- Approaching Cathedral Sam made a point of rigging exactly as the CNCC guide recommended, and began looking for the rock column mentioned as the initial belay.
- I felt like a sissy for having six layers and still not being able to feel my fingers at the belays.
Derivativesbelayer noun ...- In recent times I could not bring myself to jump off a platform to a trapeze even though I was in a full body harness and belayed by not one but two belayers.
- The climber will tie into one end of the rope and the belayer will take up slack from the other end using his belaying device.
- If you're leading, think about the position of your belayers and bystanders if you should pull something off.
OriginMid 16th century (originally in nautical use): from be- + lay1, on the pattern of Dutch beleggen. Rhymesaffray, agley, aka, allay, Angers, A-OK, appellation contrôlée, array, assay, astray, au fait, auto-da-fé, away, aweigh, aye, bay, betray, bey, Bombay, Bordet, boulevardier, bouquet, brae, bray, café au lait, Carné, cassoulet, Cathay, chassé, chevet, chez, chiné, clay, convey, Cray, crème brûlée, crudités, cuvée, cy-pres, day, decay, deejay, dégagé, distinguée, downplay, dray, Dufay, Dushanbe, eh, embay, engagé, essay, everyday, faraway, fay, fey, flay, fray, Frey, fromage frais, gainsay, Gaye, Genet, giclee, gilet, glissé, gray, grey, halfway, hay, heigh, hey, hooray, Hubei, Hué, hurray, inveigh, jay, jeunesse dorée, José, Kay, Kaye, Klee, Kray, Lae, lay, lei, Littré, Lough Neagh, lwei, Mae, maguey, Malay, Mallarmé, Mandalay, Marseilles, may, midday, midway, mislay, misplay, Monterrey, Na-Dene, nay, né, née, neigh, Ney, noway, obey, O'Dea, okay, olé, outlay, outplay, outstay, outweigh, oyez, part-way, pay, Pei, per se, pince-nez, play, portray, pray, prey, purvey, qua, Quai d'Orsay, Rae, rangé, ray, re, reflet, relevé, roman-à-clef, Santa Fé, say, sei, Shar Pei, shay, slay, sleigh, sley, spae, spay, Spey, splay, spray, stay, straightaway, straightway, strathspey, stray, Sui, survey, sway, Taipei, Tay, they, today, tokay, Torbay, Tournai, trait, tray, trey, two-way, ukiyo-e, underlay, way, waylay, Wei, weigh, wey, Whangarei, whey, yea relay |