Meaning

• The securing of a rope to a rock or other projection.

• The object to which a rope is secured.

• A location at which a climber stops and builds an anchor with which to secure their partner.

Meaning

• To surround; environ; enclose.

• To overlay; adorn.

• To besiege; invest; surround.

• To lie in wait for in order to attack; block up or obstruct.

• To make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleat or piton.

• To secure (a person) to a rope or (a rope) to a person.

  "He would need an experienced partner to belay him on the difficult climbs."

• To lay aside; stop; cancel.

  "Belay that order!"

• The general command to stop or cease.