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Belay

verb

(past & past part. belaid, belayed; pres. part. belaying)

Turn a rope round an object or person in order to secure it or him.

Fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat.

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"Belay" Quotes from Famous Books

... tautened it, hooked the bight into an open sheave in the stanchion, and listlessly walked forward with it. When they had hoisted the unconscious Tom to the gaff, Swarth ordered: "Belay, coil up the ...

— "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea • Morgan Robertson

... yelling in delight. I motioned to Lerrys to make his end of the rope fast around a hefty tree-root, and shouted, "Are you hurt?" She indicated in pantomime that the thundering of the water drowned words, and bent to belay her end of the rope. In sign-language I gestured to her to make very sure of the knots; if anyone slipped, she hadn't the ...

— The Planet Savers • Marion Zimmer Bradley

... uplifted on his tormentors, his mate ceased to bale out the pea-soup, and the whole ship seemed paralysed. The boatswain, having checked himself in the middle of his long-winded dinner-tune, drew a fresh inspiration, and dashed off into the opposite sharp, abrupt, cutting sound of the "Pipe belay!" the essence of which peculiar note is that its sounds should be understood and acted on with the ...

— The Junior Classics • Various

... to the full scope of the cable, Dolores kept her eyes ever aloft, and over the sea, and upon every detail of the work. Her eyes fell upon Peters, standing in sullen mood at the belaying-pin which held a turn of the main-throat halyards. And as the croaking cry of Caliban ordered "Belay!" ...

— The Pirate Woman • Aylward Edward Dingle

Words linked to "Belay" : outcropping, rock outcrop, fasten, outcrop, fix, secure