Definition of "abseil" []

• To rappel. (verb-intransitive)

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• "The abseil was the idea of Debs Hirst, who roped in colleagues Becky Brewster, Sue Rylands,"
• "The ropes are then threaded through a figure-eight device clamped into the harness, allowing kloofers to "abseil," or rappel, great distances at a controlled clip."
• "Listening to the instructions from one of them, I had the impressions that this was their very first 'abseil' experience ever."