Abseiling

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The process or act of abseiling. countable, uncountable

    "He pictured the abseiling, literally a flight down the mountain on the doubled cord of his long rope, and he thought that those hours speeding down the cliffs would be the finest of his life."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of abseil form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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rappelrappelrappelrope down

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"Abseiling is the controlled descent of a steep slope, such as a rock face, by moving down a rope."

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