What is "belays"

Usage examples of "belays".

Her calm tone as they discuss the belays, her smooth pulls up the rock, the fine proportions of her long legs, reaching for the awkward foothold: a beautiful climber.

He sucks down the air and belays Stephan’s ascent, pulling up the rope and looping it carefully.

He sucks down the air and belays Stephan's ascent, pulling up the rope and looping it carefully.

Knowing that our belays were anything but secure and that any fall would be disastrous made me concentrate on the way ahead.

Aloft the hempen cordage had been gathered in, the standing gear all shipshape, most of the running hardened home to pin rails or belays.