rappelled

Variant of rappel

rappel definition

rap·pel (ra pel′, rə-)

noun

a descent by a mountain climber, as down a sheer face of a cliff, by means of a double rope belayed above and arranged around the climber's body so that he can control the slide downward

Etymology: Fr, lit., a recall < rappeler, to call back < OFr rapeler: see repeal

intransitive verb rappelled -·pelled′, rappelling -·pel′·ling

to make such a descent

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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