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BELAY [6 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2022-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
DEF

To secure a person or a rope.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)
PHR

assurer une corde, un grimpeur

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Transport
  • Deck Department (Naval Forces)
DEF

To coil a rope.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par eau
  • Service du pont (Forces navales)
CONT

Tourner un cordage.

OBS

tourner : terme uniformisé par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sea Operations (Military)
  • Ship's Organization (Military)
OBS

To cancel an order.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations en mer (Militaire)
  • Organisation du navire (Militaire)
OBS

Annuler un commandement.

OBS

annuler : désignation uniformisée par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

Spanish

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Record 4 2017-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maneuvering of Ships
  • Deck Department (Naval Forces)
DEF

Leading a rope around a post or some other fixing for friction prior to belaying.

CONT

When a rope used in conjunction with another object, such as a spar or bollard goes part way around the object, the rope is said to have taken a turn.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manœuvre des navires
  • Service du pont (Forces navales)
DEF

Arrêter la course d'un cordage de manœuvre, d'une amarre en réalisant des tours, croisés ou non, sur un point fixe : taquet, bollard, bitte.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Maniobras de los buques
  • Servicio de puente (Fuerzas navales)
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Record 5 2010-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
DEF

To protect the climber from falling, at least very far, by constantly keeping the rope under control and in a position so that it can be instantly snubbed and held tightly to arrest a fall.

DEF

To take in or pay out the [climbing] rope in a manner that will permit one climber, the belayer, to check a fall of another.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
DEF

Action de maintenir solidement la corde pendant qu'un membre de la cordée est en mouvement [pour enrayer une chute].

Spanish

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Record 6 2009-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
DEF

Any method that will check a falling climber by means of the rope.

CONT

The technique ... is called belaying and its purpose is to reduce the length of a fall and minimize its consequences.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
DEF

Technique qui permet d'enrayer la chute de son compagnon de cordée au moyen de la corde et des points d'assurance (pitons, coinceurs).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de montaña
DEF

Técnica con cuerda y otros utensilios, mediante la cual se intenta garantizar la seguridad de una persona en caso de caída desde un lugar elevado.

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