Gratis ordbok - engelska svenska tyska lexikon

Definitioner

Verb

1. (transitive, obsolete) To surround; environ; inclose.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To overlay; adorn.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To besiege; invest; surround.
4. (transitive, obsolete) To lie in wait for in order to attack; block up or obstruct.
5. (transitive) To make (a rope) fast by turning it round a fastening point such as a cleat or piton.
6. (transitive) To secure (a person) to a rope or (a rope) to a person.
7. (transitive) To lay aside; stop; cancel.
8. (intransitive, nautical) To make a line fast by turns around a cleat, pin, or bitt.

Substantiv

1. (climbing) The securing of a rope to a rock or other projection.
2. (climbing) The object to which a rope is secured.
3. (climbing) A location at which a climber stops and builds an anchor with which to secure his/or her partner.