belay [bih-ley] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
belay [bih-ley]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: stop
Synonyms: arrest, bring to a standstill, call a halt to, cancel, cease, check, end, halt, put a stop to, quit, stall, stay
Example Sentences
  • In your hand is an ice hammer, and a piton or ice screw for securing a belay rope to the top.
  • The rope had either broken in the fall, or when his partner tried to belay him over a rock edge.
  • IN rock climbing, the belay rope is your umbilical cord.
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