Belay vs Rappel - What's the difference?
belay | rappel |
(obsolete) To surround; environ; inclose.
(obsolete) To overlay; adorn.
* Spenser
(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.
To lay aside; stop; cancel.
(nautical)
(nautical) To make a line fast by turns around a cleat, pin, or bitt.
(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.
As verbs the difference between belay and rappel
is that belay is to surround; environ; inclose while rappel is to call back a hawk.As nouns the difference between belay and rappel
is that belay is the securing of a rope to a rock or other projection while rappel is descending by means of a rope, abseiling.belay
English
Verb
- jacket belayed with silver lace
- He would need an experienced partner to belay him on the difficult climbs.
- I could only hope the remaining piton would belay his fall.
- Belay that order!