Abseil
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Contemporary Examples
One person who wasn’t impressed by Prince Andrew’s abseil down the Shard: writer Grace Dent.
Underwhelmed by Andy Tom Sykes September 5, 2012
verb (intransitive)
(mountaineering) to descend a steep slope or vertical drop by a rope secured from above and coiled around one’s body or through karabiners attached to one’s body in order to control the speed of descent
to descend by rope from a helicopter
noun
an instance or the technique of abseiling
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