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Definition of Abseil

1. Noun. (mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body.

2. Verb. Lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside. "You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing"

Definition of Abseil

1. Verb. (intransitive) To descend a steep or vertical drop using a rope with a mechanical friction device or ''(classic abseil)'' by wrapping the rope around the body; to rappel. ¹

2. Noun. A descent in mountaineering using a rope looped at the top and a friction device. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Abseil

1. to rappel [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: rappel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Abseil

abscissions abscissæ abscond absconded abscondence abscondences absconder absconders absconding abscondings

abscondment absconds absconsio abscopal abscopal effect abseil (current term) abseiled abseiler abseilers abseiling

abseils absence absence makes the heart grow fonder absence of mind absence seizure absence seizures absence without leave absences absencies absency

Literary usage of Abseil

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Adventure Guide to New Zealand by Bette Flagler (2005)
"You'll abseil under waterfalls, do some jumps, explore caves, take a rockslide on your bum - what else? None of it is obligatory; if you're afraid, ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Queen's Bench, and by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber, Henry Davison (1840)
"... and, if the construction were correct, two v. declarations would be made after admission, which seems The QUEE.V. abseil. it js ..."

3. Palmer's Index to "The Times" Newspaper (1885)
"8 / 8 с Typhus Fever in Wiesbaden, 18 » 9J U. UNCLAIMED DIVIDENDS:— — |abseil. ER. 16 ilk Aldrich. AA, In « 1 b Alford, Henry, 8 s 1 Л Bailey, ..."

4. The Ecclesiastical Law by Richard Burn, Robert Philip Tyrwhitt (1824)
"... abseil 372 ] lutely to accept of such resignation of the said vicarage and parish church of G. whereby the said vicarage and parish church of G. may ..."

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