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Belaid vs Befired - What's the difference?

belaid | befired |

belaid

English

Verb

(head)
  • (archaic) (belay); belayed.

  • belay

    English

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To surround; environ; inclose.
  • (obsolete) To overlay; adorn.
  • * Spenser
  • jacket belayed with silver lace
  • (obsolete) To besiege; invest; surround.
  • (obsolete) To lie in wait for in order to attack; block up or obstruct.
  • To make (a rope) fast by turning it round 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.
  • I could only hope the remaining piton would belay his fall.
    Belay that order!
  • (nautical)
  • (nautical) To make a line fast by turns around a cleat, pin, or bitt.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (climbing) The securing of a rope to a rock or other projection.
  • (climbing) The object to which a rope is secured.
  • (climbing) A location at which a climber stops and builds an anchor with which to secure his/or her partner.
  • befired

    Not English

    Befired has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

    English words similar to 'befired':

    beebread, buffered, bobbared, bobared, bevered, beavered, bovvered, befurred, boobird