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Rappel

//ɹæˈpɛl// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Descending by means of a rope, abseiling.
  2. 2
    A drumbeat pattern for calling soldiers to gather.

    "[…] he has to retramp the same streets, rebeat the same rappel […]"

  3. 3
    (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 wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To abseil.
  2. 2
    descend by means of a rappel wordnet
  3. 3
    To call back a hawk. obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French rappeler (“to pull through (a rope)”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French rappeler (“to pull through (a rope)”).

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French rappel. Compare repeal.

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