'Rappel' definitions:

Definition of 'rappel'

(from WordNet)
noun
(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
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]

Definition of 'Rappel'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

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