a 1 b 3 s 1 e 1 i 1 l 1
6 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun (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
verb lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside
originFrom German abseilen, from ab- (“down”) + Seil (“rope”).
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