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Meaning of abseil

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  abseil
      n 1: (mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made
           by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and
           wrapped around the body [syn: {rappel}, {abseil}]
      v 1: lower oneself with a rope coiled around 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" [syn: {rappel}, {abseil}, {rope down}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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