This is used to hold a tackle temporarily while the fall is being belayed if the strain is too great for this to be done by holding opposite running parts, or the running and standing parts, together with the hands.
Isetyenziswa ekubambeni isixa seentambo okwexeshana, intambo zesikhephe ukuba ukutsaleka kwenzeke kakuhle lonto kufuneka yenziwe kwelinye icala Iwezinto ezisetyenziswayo, okanye ezisebenzayo nezimileyo, kunye nezandla.