Толковый словарь английского языка - belay
Belay
belay
I. verb (~ed; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English beleggen to beset, from Old English belecgan, from be+ lecgan to lay Date: 1549 transitive verb 1. to secure (as a rope) by turns around a cleat, pin, or bitt, to make fast, stop , 3. to secure (a person) at the end of a rope, to secure (a rope) to a person or object, intransitive verb to be made fast, stop , quit , to make a line fast by turns around a cleat, pin, or bitt, ~er noun II. noun Date: 1908 the securing of a person or a safety rope to an anchor point (as during mountain climbing), something (as a projection of rock) to which a person or rope is anchored
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v. & n. --v. 1 tr. fix (a running rope) round a cleat, pin, rock, etc., to secure it. 2 tr. & intr. (usu. in imper.) Naut. sl. stop; enough! (esp. belay there!). --n. 1 an act of belaying. 2 a spike of rock etc. used for belaying. Phrases and idioms belaying-pin a fixed wooden or iron pin used for fastening a rope round. Etymology: Du. beleggen ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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