Meaning

2 senses

  1. Descent by means of a rope.

  2. A drumbeat pattern for calling soldiers to gather.

More definitions
  • (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

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Tom rappelled down the wall.

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  2. Tom rappelled down the waterfall.

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  3. Tom rappelled down the cliff.

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Origin

Borrowed from French rappeler (“to pull through (a rope)”). Borrowed from French rappel.

Borrowed from French rappeler (“to pull through (a rope)”).

Borrowed from French rappel. Compare repeal.

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Forms

plural: rappels
Singularrappel
Pluralrappels

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
rappellingabseiling
Close in meaning
  • (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:abseil

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rapidlyB1rapierrapistrapperrapportC1rapprochementrapt
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