Abseiler

//ˈɑpˌzaɪ.lɚ// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who abseils.

    "Trains were kept running at all times, with a COSS (Controller of Site Safety) and a lookout present when abseilers were being used."

  2. 2
    a person who descends down a nearly vertical face by using a doubled rope that is wrapped around the body and attached to some high point wordnet

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rappeller

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"Trains were kept running at all times, with a COSS (Controller of Site Safety) and a lookout present when abseilers were being used."

Etymology

From abseil + -er.

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