a descent down a nearly vertical surface by using a doubled rope that is coiled around the body and attached to some higher point

lower oneself with a double rope coiled around the body from a mountainside; "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"

To descend a rope by sliding down it using a descender. Can also be done by wrapping the rope around your body to form a classic abseil. One of the most dangerous aspects of climbing

A method of lowering oneself using a fixed rope and braking device (the latter often referred to as a belay device). The belay device creates friction against the rope so that the rate of descent can be controlled. A German term, Abseiling is known as 'rappelling' in north America.

Sliding down a rope with a metal thing to slow you down.

Descending by sliding down a rope. Americans usually call this rappelling.

(pronounced AB-sail) To make a controlled descent on a fixed rope. The term is typically used in Europe and Australia. See rappel.

To descend a rope using a mechanical device for friction, allowing control over the rate of descent

To make a controlled descent on a fixed rope. The term is typically used in Europe and Australia and is from German and means ‘to rope down'. Rappel is a French word and means ‘to retrieve'.

German term (also employed by the British) for rappel; a method for descending a fixed rope by means of sliding and braking mechanisms known as belay devices.

To descend a rope using a descender or maybe with just the rope round your body (a classic abseil). Potentially lethal; the cause of more deaths than actually climbing upwards. Often abbreviated to AB. (Americans call it "rapelling" and shorten it to "rap".) [Hil McMillan