RAPPEL - Definition

Pronunciation:		ra'pel
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"

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	Synonyms:	abseil, rope down

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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