1. (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

1. Lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside
   "You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing"
   - rappel, rope down

Derived forms: abseiling, abseils, abseiled

Type of: come down, descend, descent, fall, go down

Encyclopedia: Abseil

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