rappel
- 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
- Instead, here is a quote from their inevitable love affair: "A cheese strand dangled from her mouth to the edge of her left nipple, and I wanted to rappel it like a mozzarella .
- Under a midday sun that has temperatures rising higher than 105, commandos rappel down the side of a building.
- After the amputation, he told rescuers, he used his remaining arm to rappel 50 to 75 ft.