Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - rappel
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(rappels, rappelling, rappelled) 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. (AM; in BRIT, use abseil) They learned to rappel down a cliff. VERB: V prep ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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intransitive verb (-pelled; also -peled; -pelling; also -peling) Etymology: French, literally, recall, from Old French rapel, from rapeler to recall, from re- + apeler to appeal, call — more at appeal Date: 1944 to descend (as from a cliff) by sliding down a rope passed under one thigh, across the body, and over the opposite shoulder or through a special friction device • ~ noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v.intr. (rappelled, rappelling; US rappeled, rappeling) = ABSEIL. Etymology: F, = recall, f. rappeler (as RE-, APPEAL) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- 1931, from Fr. rappel, lit. "recall," from O.Fr. rapel, from rapeler "to recall, summon" (see repeal). The same word had been borrowed earlier (1848) to mean "a drum roll to summon soldiers." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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