Word Study
abscond |
absconded |
abscondence |
absconder |
abscondment |
abseil
| abseiler
| absence
| absence without leave
| absent
| absent-minded
abseil
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun abseil has 1 sense
- abseil(n = noun.act) rappel - (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; Array is a kind of descent
Verb abseil has 1 sense
- abseil(v = verb.motion) rappel, rope down - 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" is one way to come down, descend, fall, go down
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
abseil, v. & n. Mountaineering
--v.intr. descend a steep rock-face by using a doubled rope coiled round the body and fixed at a higher point.
--n. a descent made by abseiling.
--v.intr. descend a steep rock-face by using a doubled rope coiled round the body and fixed at a higher point.
--n. a descent made by abseiling.
Etymology
G abseilen f. ab down + Seil rope
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