rappel, abseil, rope down
(verb) descend by means of a rappel; âThe ascent was easy--roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerousâ; âYou have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbingâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
rappelled
simple past tense and past participle of rappel
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
7 January 2025
(adverb) in an uninformative manner; ââI canât tell you when the manager will arrive,â he said rather uninformativelyâ
The word âcoffeeâ entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch âkoffie,â borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish âkahve,â borrowed in turn from the Arabic âqahwah.â The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
