belay
noun/ˈbiːleɪ/, /bɪˈleɪ/
/bɪˈleɪ/
(specialist)- (in climbing) an act of attaching a rope to a rock, etc., especially in order to make a person safe while climbing; a rock or other object to which a rope is attached in this wayWord Originmid 16th cent. (originally in nautical use): from be- + the verb lay, on the pattern of Dutch beleggen.
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