Examples of “belay” in a Sentence

verb In climbing, to hold and control the rope so that a falling climber is caught safely.

• She belayed her partner carefully as he worked his way up the cliff face.

verb To secure a rope firmly around a fixed point such as a cleat.

• The sailors belayed the line to a cleat on the deck.

verb As a command, to stop or cancel an action already underway.

• Belay that order," the captain called out, "we're changing course.