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Word: Rappel
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
1930s: from French, literally ‘a recalling’, from rappeler in the sense ‘bring back to oneself’ (with reference to the rope manoeuvre)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
raˈpɛl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
descend a rock face or other near-vertical surface by using a doubled rope coiled around the body and fixed at a higher point; abseil
Short Definition:descend rock face by using rope coiled around body and fixed at higher point
Examples:- they had to rappel down a long steep ice face
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