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belaying pin
noun
- a short, round bar of metal or wood, inserted in a fife rail or pin rail, to which a rope is belayed.
belaying pin
noun
- nautical a cylindrical, sometimes tapered pin, usually of metal or wood, that fits into a hole in a pin or fife rail: used for belaying
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Word History and Origins
Origin of belaying pin1
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Example Sentences
"They might tie a belaying-pin to the end of a line, and throw it into the boat," said the captain.
A moment Briggs stood drunkenly peering, half minded to pursue, to match his belaying-pin against the mates dirk.
I struck with a belaying pin in preference, because I hoped that I might subdue him without killing him.
Had I not closed with him, he would have dashed my brains out with a belaying-pin.
One of the men loosened a belaying-pin and advanced threateningly.
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