rappel
pronunciation
How to pronounce rappel in British English:
UK [ræˈpel]
How to pronounce rappel in American English:
US [ræ'pel]
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- Verb:
- lower oneself with a double rope coiled around the body from a mountainside
Word Origin
- rappel (n.)
- 1931, "mountaineering technique for descending steep faces," from French rappel, literally "recall" (Old French rapel), from rapeler "to recall, summon" (see repeal (v.)). The same word had been borrowed earlier (1848) to mean "a drum roll to summon soldiers."
- rappel (v.)
- 1957 in the mountaineering sense; see rappel (n.). Related: Rappeled; rappelling.
Example
- 1. We 're gonna rappel down that deep , dark hole ?
- 2. There have been a few recent rappel expeditions , with one fatality in 2006 .
- 3. The curriculum includes a lesson from the firemen on how to rappel from a building .
- 4. We 're gonna have to rappel .
- 5. And only one team member may rappel at a time .