To lay on or cover; to adorn. [Obs.] Jacket . . . belayed with silver lace. Spenser.
To make fast, as a rope, by taking several turns with it round a pin, cleat, or kevel. Totten.
To lie in wait for with a view to assault. Hence: to block up or obstruct. [Obs.] Dryden. Belay thee! Stop.
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