Definition of abseiled Abseiled
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What does abseiled mean?
Part of speech
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| abseil - (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 | ||
| rappel | ||
| descent the act of changing your location in a downward direction | ||
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| abseil - 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" | ||
| rappel, rope down | ||
| descend, come down, go down, fall move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" | ||
| mountaineer climb mountains for pleasure as a sport | ||
| athletics, sport participation in sports events as an extracurricular activity | ||
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Wiktionary 
- abseil (Noun)
A descent in mountaineering using a rope looped at the top and a friction device.
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abseil
A descent down a nearly vertical surface by using a doubled rope that is coiled around the body and attached to some higher point. -
abseil
To lower oneself with a double rope coiled around the body from a mountainside.
