To lay aside; stop; cancel.
To handle a climbing rope to prevent (a climber) from falling to the ground.
To make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleat.
The general command to stop or cease.
simple past tense of belie (“encompass”)
The object to which a rope is secured.
A location at which a climber stops and builds an anchor with which to secure their partner.
The securing of a rope to a rock or other projection.
To levy a cess.
Usually preceded by good or (more commonly) bad: luck or success.
An assessed tax, duty, or levy.
The area along either side of a railroad track which is kept at a lower level than the sleeper bottom, in order to provide drainage.