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What (who) is BELAY - definition
CLIMBING SAFETY TECHNIQUE
Belayer; Belay; Hanging belay; On belay; Belay (climbing); Hip belay
![Leader and belayer climbing in [[Joshua Tree National Park]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joshua Tree - Lazy Day 1.jpg?width=200 "Leader and belayer climbing in [[Joshua Tree National Park]]")
![A demonstration of the belay device with rope and [[carabiner]] without a proper locking gate](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RoyLindmanBelayDevice.jpg?width=200 "A demonstration of the belay device with rope and [[carabiner]] without a proper locking gate")
Belay
·vt To lay on or cover; to Adorn.
II. Belay ·vt To lie in wait for with a view to assault. Hence: to block up or obstruct.
III. Belay ·vt To make fast, as a rope, by taking several turns with it round a pin, cleat, or kevel.
belay
v. a.
(Naut.) Fasten, make fast.
Wikipedia
Belaying
Belaying is a variety of techniques climbers use to create friction within a climbing system, particularly on a climbing rope, so that a falling climber does not fall very far. A climbing partner typically applies tension at the other end of the rope whenever the climber is not moving, and removes the tension from the rope whenever the climber needs more rope to continue climbing.
The term "belay" also means the place where the belayer is anchored; this is typically the ground or a ledge, but may be a hanging belay, where the belayer themself is suspended from an anchor in the rock.
Examples of use of BELAY
1. Yours respectfully, Samuel Habtu Belay belay_samuel@yahoo.co.uk
2. The phone of Ethiopian foreign ministry spokesman Wahde Belay rang unanswered.
3. And that, Stern said, is good reason to belay any instinct to take on Iran militarily.
4. Also defeated are Education Minister Genet Zewdie, Capacity Building Minister Teferra Walwa and Revenue Minister Getachew Belay.
5. Tekeda conveyed Ethiopia‘s concerns "at this time of tension," said Wahide Belay, an Ethiopian Foreign Affairs ministry spokesman.