verb trans
to secure (a rope) by winding it round a support
to secure (somebody) at the end of a rope
to secure or make fast (a rope) by turns round a support
to secure (somebody, e.g. a climber) at the end of a rope
to be belayed
(usu in imperative) to stop; to leave off
Belay there!
[Old English belecgan, from be- + lecgan to lay1]