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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. (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;
[syn: rappel, abseil]


VERB (1)

1. lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside;
- Example: "The ascent was easy--roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous"
- Example: "You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing"
[syn: rappel, abseil, rope down]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

abseil
    n 1: (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 [syn: rappel, abseil]
    v 1: lower oneself with a 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: rappel, abseil, rope down]