Rappel vs. Belay — What's the Difference?

A descent from a height, such as a cliff or wall, in which one slides down an anchored rope and applies friction to control one's speed, either by means of a specialized device or by passing the rope under one thigh and over the opposite shoulder.

(Nautical) To secure or make fast (a rope, for example) by winding on a cleat or pin.

To descend from a steep height by this method.

To provide security to (a climber) by paying out or drawing in rope, often through a braking device, in readiness to break a potential fall.

Descending by means of a rope, abseiling.

To cause to stop.

(military) A drumbeat pattern for calling soldiers to gather.

To be made secure.

To abseil.

Used in the imperative as an order to stop

(obsolete) To call back a hawk.

The act of belaying a climber.

The beat of the drum to call soldiers to arms.

A system of ropes and anchors by which a climber is belayed.

Lower oneself with a double rope coiled around the body from a mountainside;

To make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleat.

To handle a climbing rope to prevent (a climber) from falling to the ground.

(transitive) To lay aside; stop; cancel.

The general command to stop or cease.

To surround; environ; enclose.

To overlay; adorn.

To besiege; invest; surround.

To lie in wait for in order to attack; block up or obstruct.

(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 their partner.

To lay on or cover; to adorn.

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

To lie in wait for with a view to assault. Hence: to block up or obstruct.

Something to which a mountain climber's rope can be secured

Turn a rope round an object or person in order to secure it or him

Fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat