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▪ I. rappel, n.
[F., f. rappeler to recall, repeal.]
‖1. |rapɛl|. The roll or beat of a drum to summon soldiers to arms.
1848W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc's Hist. Ten Y. I. 125 Then came drums of the national guard beating the rappel and the générale. 1861W. H. Russell in Times 29 July, A strong body of drummers on the French model beat some noisy rappel.
transf.1866Miss Thackeray Village on Cliff xiv, He..beat the rappel with his spoon upon the tablecloth.
2. |ræˈpɛl|. Mountaineering. (The technique of) descending a steep face by means of a doubled rope fixed above the climber; = abseil. Also attrib.
1931Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Feb. 129/3 On it [sc. Mont Blanc], climbing guideless, they practise every modern refinement, the use of crampons, scarpetti and the rappel. 1943E. Shipton Upon that Mountain iv. 84 We could only proceed by a series of rappels. This is a method of ‘roping down’. 1950Rappel sling [see line n.2 1]. 1952Morin & Smith tr. Herzog's Annapurna viii. 119 We..fixed our spare rope for a rappel... Terray went down first on the doubled rope. 1959S. Clark Puma's Claw xii. 143 In 1956 the two of us had used the technique of ‘abseil’ or ‘rappel’ for seven hours continuously on a descent in the Alps. 1965A. Blackshaw Mountaineering viii. 240 Roping down... This involves:..pulling the rope round the anchor and down (the ‘rappel’ from which the manœuvre takes its name). 1971D. Haston in C. Bonington Annapurna South Face xvii. 209 The descent took only twenty minutes as I was so enraged with myself. I caught Nick up on the last rappel. Ibid. 218 Don was already fixing a rappel peg.
▪ II. rappel, v.|ræˈpɛl|
[ad. F. rappeler: see repeal v.]
†1. trans. To recall (a hawk). Obs. rare.
1575Turberv. Faulconrie 62 A fearfull goshawke..[will] not willingly repayre to any devise wherwith she is called and rappelde after hyr flight.
2. intr. Mountaineering. To make a steep descent on a doubled rope; to rope down. Hence raˈppelling vbl. n.
1957P. Mansfield Final Exposure xvi. 239 He rappelled downwards, with the feel of good rock beneath his feet and the bite of the rope at his back. 1969Time 22 Aug. 8/2 It is a stirring demonstration ranging from scuba diving.. to archery and rappelling (descending a cliff on a double rope). 1974Telegraph (Brisbane) 7 Aug. 23/3 There goes Harry Garner Haskell Jr. rappelling down the side of Abercrombie and Fitch. |