Defenition of the word abseil

• Defenition of the word abseil

  • A descent down a nearly vertical surface by using a doubled rope that is coiled around the body and attached to some higher point.
  • To lower oneself with a double rope coiled around the body from a mountainside.
  • a descent down a nearly vertical surface by using a doubled rope that is coiled around the body and attached to some higher point
  • 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"
  • (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
  • lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside

Synonyms for the word abseil

• • rappel
  • rope down

Hypernyms for the word abseil

• • come down
  • descend
  • descent
  • fall
  • go down

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