to rappel

English - Turkish

Definition of to rappel in English Turkish dictionary

(Dağcılık) Halat yardımıyla kayarak dağdan aşağıya inmek

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dağcılıkta doruktan ip sallandırarak inmek

English - English

Definition of to rappel in English English dictionary

to abseil

Descending by means of a rope, abseiling

1. Move down a steep cliff, rock, etc., by pushing your feet against its surface and sliding down a rope2. Abseil

lower oneself with a double 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"

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to call back a hawk

To rappel down a cliff or rock face means to slide down it in a controlled way using a rope, with your feet against the cliff or rock. They learned to rappel down a cliff. to go down a cliff or rock by sliding down a rope and touching the rock or cliff with your feet British Equivalent: abseil (rappeler )

The beat of the drum to call soldiers to arms

To intentionally descend a rope by sliding down an anchored line Often just called rapping by many or abseiling by the British

Using a rope to descend from a climb Modern rappels are generally done with a rappel device, which creates friction on the rope to help control the descent Also called abseiling

{f} descend a mountain face by sliding down a rope which is attached to a body harness and fastened to an overhead projection

(n/vb) the act of self belaying down the length of a rope to descend

Syn Abseil Climbing and SRT Ref JJ

n/vb the act of self belaying down the length of a rope to descend

Hyphenation

to rap·pel