belaying
verb
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.
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