verb
- past tense and past participle of pay out (to let out rope or chain gradually)
Usage: nautical
Examples
- The sailor payed out the anchor chain slowly.
- They payed the rope through the pulley system.
- The captain ordered the crew to have the line payed out completely.
- Once the anchor was set, no more chain needed to be payed.
- The fisherman payed out more line to reach deeper water.