Found 2 items, similar to rappel.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: rappel
rappel
v : lower oneself with a double rope coiled around the body from
a mountainside;
“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” [syn:
abseil,
rope down]
[also:
rappelling,
rappelled]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Rappel
Rappel
\Rap"pel\ (r[a^]p"p[e^]l or r[a^]p*p[e^]l"), n. [F. Cf.
Repeal.] (Mil.)
The beat of the drum to call soldiers to arms.
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