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Definition of Rappel
1. 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"
Exact synonyms: Abseil, Rope Down
Category relationships: Athletics, Sport
Entails: Mountaineer
Generic synonyms: Come Down, Descend, Fall, Go Down
Category relationships: Athletics, Sport
Entails: Mountaineer
Generic synonyms: Come Down, Descend, Fall, Go Down
2. 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.
Exact synonyms: Abseil
Category relationships: Mountain Climbing, Mountaineering
Generic synonyms: Descent
Category relationships: Mountain Climbing, Mountaineering
Generic synonyms: Descent
Definition of Rappel
1. n. The beat of the drum to call soldiers to arms.
Definition of Rappel
1. Noun. Descending by means of a rope, abseiling. ¹
2. Verb. (obsolete) to call back a hawk ¹
3. Verb. to abseil ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rappel
1. to descend from a steep height by means of a rope [v RAPPELLED or RAPPELED, RAPPELLING or RAPPELING, RAPPELS]
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