rappel, abseil
(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
rappel, abseil, rope down
(verb) descend by means of a rappel; “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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
rappel (plural rappels)
Descending by means of a rope, abseiling.
rappel (third-person singular simple present rappels, present participle rappeling or rappelling, simple past and past participle rappeled or rappelled)
To abseil.
(obsolete) To call back a hawk.
rappel (plural rappels)
(military) A drumbeat pattern for calling soldiers to gather.
• lapper
Source: Wiktionary
Rap"pel, n. Etym: [F. Cf. Repeal.] (Mil.)
Definition: The beat of the drum to call soldiers to arms.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
