BELAY

belay

(noun) something to which a mountain climber’s rope can be secured

belay

(verb) fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat

belay

(verb) turn a rope round an object or person in order to secure it or him

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

belay (third-person singular simple present belays, present participle belaying, simple past and past participle belaid or belayed)

(transitive, obsolete) To surround; environ; enclose.

(transitive, obsolete) To overlay; adorn.

(transitive, obsolete) To besiege; invest; surround.

(transitive, obsolete) To lie in wait for in order to attack; block up or obstruct.

(nautical, ambitransitive) To make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleat or piton.

(transitive) To secure (a person) to a rope or (a rope) to a person.

(transitive) To lay aside; stop; cancel.

(intransitive, nautical) The general command to stop or cease.

Noun

belay (plural belays)

(climbing) The securing of a rope to a rock or other projection.

(climbing) The object to which a rope is secured.

(climbing) A location at which a climber stops and builds an anchor with which to secure their partner.

Anagrams

• Baley, Leyba

Proper noun

Belay (plural Belays)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Belay is the 27144^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 892 individuals. Belay is most common among Black/African American (87.0%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Baley, Leyba

Source: Wiktionary

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Be*lay", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Belaid, Belayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Belaying.] Etym: [For senses 1 & 2, D. beleggen to cover, belay; akin to E. pref. be-, and lay to place: for sense 3, OE. beleggen, AS. belecgan. See pref. Be-, and Lay to place.]

1. To lay on or cover; to adorn. [Obs.] Jacket . . . belayed with silver lace. Spenser.

2. (Naut.)

Definition: To make fast, as a rope, by taking several turns with it round a pin, cleat, or kevel. Totten.

3. To lie in wait for with a view to assault. Hence: to block up or obstruct. [Obs.] Dryden. Belay thee! Stop.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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