rappel
拉绳,绳索,拉索,拉绳机
Definitions
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- : the act or method of moving down a steep incline or past an overhang by means of a double rope secured above and placed around the body, usually under the left thigh and over the right shoulder, and paid out gradually in the descent.
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rap·pelled, rap·pel·ling.
- : to descend by means of a rappel.
Examples
I thought they’d get to the edge of the cliff, harness and helmet on, take a peek over the edge of a 1,000-foot-deep gorge, and back out of their first rappel.
Then we were taught how to both rappel and fast-rope from a helicopter.
A beener or D ring was attached to each trainee via a rappel seat that went around his waist and upper thighs.
In time the X Troop was trained to rappel and parachute; to use guns, bayonets and knives; and even to kill with bare hands.
He paraglided, scuba dived, and even tried to rappel down Mt. Rushmore before he was rebuffed by park officials.
Unfortunately Fox and Rappel were beginning to tire; they sank deeper in the snow and no longer neighed joyfully.
The darkness was now such that I thought it prudent to drop my bridle on Rappel's neck.
Ten times a day, or in the dead of night, the drum would beat le rappel or la générale.
Since six o'clock in the morning D'Aurelles had had the rappel beaten in the central quarters, but in vain.
The rappel had been beaten all night in the Batignolles, and had called out the sedentary guards and the youths.