rappel : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: rappel	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for rappel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rappel n (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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rappel \Rap"pel\, n. [F. Cf. {Repeal}.] (Mil.) The beat of the drum to call soldiers to arms.