| abseiler | (n) a person who descends down a nearly vertical face by using a doubled rope that is wrapped around the body and attached to some high point, Syn. rappeller |
| 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, Syn. abseil |
| rappel | (v) lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside, Syn. abseil, rope down, Example: The ascent was easy--roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous; You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing |