Belay

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To lay on or cover; to adorn. [Obs.] Jacket . . . belayed with silver lace. Spenser.

2. To make fast, as a rope, by taking several turns with it round a pin, cleat, or kevel. Totten.

3. To lie in wait for with a view to assault. Hence: to block up or obstruct. [Obs.] Dryden. Belay thee! Stop.