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Abseil

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Noun

1. abseil, rappel

(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

Verb

2. abseil, rappel, rope down

lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside

Example Sentences:
'The ascent was easy--roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous'
'You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Abseil

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verb (intransitive)
1. mountaineering
to descend a steep slope or vertical drop by a rope secured from above and coiled around one's body or through karabiners attached to one's body in order to control the speed of descent
2. 
to descend by rope from a helicopter
noun
3. 
an instance or the technique of abseiling

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Abseil

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verb intransitive
1. 
to descend by rappelling
noun
2. 
such a descent

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Abseil

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intr.v. ab·seiled, ab·seil·ing, ab·seils
To rappel.

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