Definitions for: Rappel


[v] lower oneself with a double rope coiled aroound 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: Rap"pel, n. [F. Cf. Repeal.] (Mil.)
The beat of the drum to call soldiers to arms.

Synonyms: abseil, rope down

See Also: come down, descend, fall, go down, mountaineer

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