Meaning of ROPE DOWN

WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[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"
	Synonyms:		abseil, rappel
	See Also:		come down, descend, fall, go down, mountaineer