Definizione monolingua

belay

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

1. (transitive, obsolete) To surround; environ; inclose.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To overlay; adorn.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To besiege; invest; surround.
4. (transitive, obsolete) To lie in wait for in order to attack; block up or obstruct.
5. (transitive) To make (a rope) fast by turning it round a fastening point such as a cleat or piton.
6. (transitive) To secure (a person) to a rope or (a rope) to a person.

   He would need an experienced partner to belay him on the difficult climbs.

7. (transitive) To stop; cancel.

   I could only hope the remaining piton would belay his fall.

   Belay that order!

8. (intransitive, nautical) The general command to stop or cease.
9. (intransitive, nautical) To make a line fast by turns around a cleat, pin, or bitt.

belay (plural belays)

1. (climbing) The securing of a rope to a rock or other projection.
2. (climbing) The object to which a rope is secured.
3. (climbing) A location at which a climber stops and builds an anchor with which to secure his/or her partner.

Definizione dizionario belay

assicurare

assicurare con una scotta

legare

Altri significati:

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

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

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

(nautical, transitive) To make (a rope) fast by turning it round a cleat or belaying pin.

to secure a climber

(climbing) A location at which a climber stops and builds an anchor with which to secure his/or her partner.

to secure a rope to a cleat

(climbing) To secure a climber by tying the rope to any available fastening point.