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rap⋅pel
[ra-pel, ruh-] 
noun, verb, -pelled, -pel⋅ling.–noun
| 1. | (in mountaineering) the act or method of moving down a steep incline or past an overhang by means of a double rope secured above and placed around the body, usually under the left thigh and over the right shoulder, and paid out gradually in the descent. |
–verb (used without object)
| 2. | to descend by means of a rappel. |
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| rap·pel (rā-pěl') n. A descent of a vertical surface, as a cliff or wall, by sliding down a belayed rope that is passed under one thigh and over the opposite shoulder or through a device that provides friction, typically while facing the surface and performing a series of short backward leaps to control the descent. intr.v. rap·pelled, rap·pel·ling, rap·pels To descend from a steep height by this method. [French, recall, return, rappel, from Old French, recall, from rapeler, to recall : re-, re- + apeler, to summon; see appeal.] |
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Rappel
Rap"pel\, n. [F. Cf. Repeal.] (Mil.) The beat of the drum to call soldiers to arms.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : rappel
Spanish:
llamada a escena,
German:
der Vorhang,
Japanese:
カーテンコール
rappel
1931, "mountaineering technique for descending steep faces," from Fr. rappel, lit. "recall," from O.Fr. rapel, from rapeler "to recall, summon" (see repeal). The verb is first recorded 1957. The same word had been borrowed earlier (1848) to mean "a drum roll to summon soldiers."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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