belay
- Examples
After a short safety/instruction talk, you descend down the rope while being belayed with a backup rope. | Después de unas breves instrucciones de seguridad, usted descenderá por la cuerda mientras su guía lo mantiene seguro con una cuerda de apoyo. |
Instead he made himself walk a few paces along the weather side, noting with satisfaction that the nettings were neatly filled with hammocks and every unused line and halliard was either belayed or flaked down on the decks. | En cambio, se obligó a caminar unos cuantos pasos por el costado de barlovento, notando con satisfacción que las redes estaban pulcramente llenas de hamacas, y que todos los cabos y drizas innecesarias estaban o amarradas o apiladas en las cubiertas. |
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