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Noun Concept
Categories: Mountaineering techniques, Articles with short description, Climbing techniques, Caving techniques
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rappel  abseil  abseiling  Abbing  Absail
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(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 3.0
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(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 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Abseiling, also known as rappelling, is the controlled descent of a steep slope, such as a rock face, by moving down a rope. Wikipedia
Rope-controlled descent of a vertical surface Wikidata
A descent down a nearly vertical surface by using a doubled rope that is coiled around the body and attached to some higher point. OmegaWiki
A descent in mountaineering using a rope looped at the top and a friction device. Wiktionary
A descent by abseil. Wiktionary (translation)
The process or act of abseiling. Wiktionary
IS A
descent
activity
descent
PART OF
climb
CATEGORY DOMAIN
mountain climbing
DIFFERENT FROM
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descente en moulinette
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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rappel, abseil
Wikipedia
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abseiling
Wikidata
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abseiling
Wiktionary
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abseil, abseiling
OmegaWiki
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abseil, abseiling
Wikipedia Redirections
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Abbing, Absail, Absailing, abseil, Abseilen, Abseilling, abseils, Fireman's belay, rapel, Rapelling, rappel, rappeling, rappell, rappelling, Repeling, Rope down

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