Farmer George himself sees to it that the cloth does not touch the rick at the edges, or the rain, if it comes, will go through instead of shooting off, and that the ropes are taut and firmly Belayed.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
I will, therefore, resume the thread of my discourse, which was only "Belayed" for a few minutes, to indulge in the rare pleasure of grumbling a little at seeing "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread."
"An Old Sailor's Yarns"
Nathaniel Ames
Let us hold fast, thin, where we're already Belayed."
"The Boy Slaves"
Mayne Reid