(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 Synonym(s):rappel, abseil
v
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" Synonym(s):rappel, abseil, rope down