Belay

We had nearly mast-headed the yard, and the Second Mate was looking up at the dark outline of the sail, ready to sing out "Belay"; when, all at once, there came a queer sort of muffled shout from Williams.

The Ghost Pirates: Chapter 5 1909

His delight at seeing True Blue as he stepped on deck was so great that he forgot to pipe "Belay," and a twenty-four pounder would have been run up to the yardarm had not his godson instinctively supplied the omission with his own pipe, though, when Harry afterwards informed him of the fact, he was not in the slightest degree aware that he had done so.

True Blue William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

Presently a quartermaster ordered Tommy to lay hold of a rope and haul away; and Bill ran and helped him, and quickly got the rope taut, when an officer sung out, "Belay," and Tommy made the rope fast.

Sunshine Bill William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

It introduced the "Belay" shower handrail-named for the rock-climbing technique-which blends subtly into the wall of a tiled shower.

WSJ.com: What's News US 2011

After announcing he was ready with a loud "Belay," he walked backward - off the ledge.

Messenger News 2008

Forty, — fifty, — sixty feet of line ran out, when Wolf Larsen cried “Belay!”

Chapter 21 2010

And to his voice they pulled, they moved, they sang, and were alive, until he interrupted the song to cry "Belay!"

CHAPTER VIII 2010

Belay that -- Dania Beach school teaches how to repel pirates.

Short Takes 2009

“Belay that, both of you,” Vale snapped at the ensigns.

Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010

Belay well if climbing before checking these guys out.

Superhero Prose Fiction: Fantastic Swordsmen - 6 The Other Gods Blue Tyson 2008