to abseil

Examples

• All

• Two of us abseil down and run to the village for help, alert the police and get the Highland Rescue to pick up the rest of you.

  A Lonely Place to Die (2011)

• I'll abseil.

  Bear Island (1979)

• That guy's going to abseil.

  Bear Island (1979)

• I then land on the east side of the roof and abseil down 12 floors.

  Johnny English (2003)

• I jump first and land on the south side of the roof, abseil down 14 floors and cut through this window here.

  Johnny English (2003)

• But it's not like abseiling, not at all really, because going up is much harder than coming down.

  Blog text (17)

• And surely rock climbing was kind of like abseiling.

  Blog text (17)

• Emma Peel abseils with rope and crampons.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Given I have had 'abseil the Kangaroo Point cliffs' on my bucket list since before the list itself existed, I figured it would be a bit of fun and that if I went up, I would obviously get to go back down.

  Blog text (17)

• Are you ready to abseil down the cliff and enjoy the stunning view below?

Synonyms

D

to descend

vsto abseil

150 2.7

Move from a higher to a lower place

focuses on a rope-based controlled method rather than any downward move

C

to climb down

vsto abseil

29 1.4

Move down from a high place using hands and feet

describes a rope descent using harness and friction rather than stepping down

R

to rappel

vsto abseil

• Specialized

7 8.9

To slide down a rope while controlling your speed

is the same rope-based controlled descent term used in similar contexts

R

to rope down

vsto abseil

• Jargon

1 7.2

To go down a steep cliff using a rope

is the single-word technical term for that controlled rope descent

Antonyms

A

to ascend

54 4.0

To move upward to a higher place, for example up a hill or into the sky

How Controlled

to abseil

• UK

1 8.5

to climb down

29 1.4

slide

5 1.0

to fall

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology