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• n  (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
• v  lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside
  You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing

• Malaysian special forces abseil onto a vessel from a police helicopter during an antipiracy demonstration in the Strait of Malacca.
• And if you find any obstacles too daunting, you can always walk or abseil around them.
• The boys' companion Tiggy Legge-Bourke, 33, will be on hand (though presumably not for sports outings after her recent blunder in allowing the princes to abseilrappeling .

• rappel
• rope down

Quotes

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• Wendi Peters in Watford Observer
  Wendi said: "Having already completed an abseil I knew what I was letting myself in for. I was thrilled to be helping such a worthy cause in my local community."
• Jack Davenport in Telegraph.co.uk
  If I tell you anything small Disney ninja assassins may abseil into the building and kill us,says Davenport, as he orders coffee in his new home town of Venice, California.