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Rappel

verb
1.
Lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside.  Synonyms: abseil, rope down.  "You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing"
noun
1.
(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.  Synonym: abseil.






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"Rappel" Quotes from Famous Books



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— The Poems of Henry Van Dyke • Henry Van Dyke

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— The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters • George Sand, Gustave Flaubert

... around Paris are burning. Charles made a trip to the fortifications and is perfectly satisfied with them. I deposited at the office of the Rappel 2,088 francs 30 centimes, subscribed in Guernsey for the wounded and sent by M. ...
— The Memoirs of Victor Hugo • Victor Hugo



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