单词 | rappelling |
释义 | rappellingn. Mountaineering. The action of rappel v.2 ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > mountaineering or climbing > [noun] > actions glissading1832 rock climb1861 glissade1862 traversea1877 step cutting1884 hand traverse1897 conquest1902 bouldering1920 lay-back1925 soloing1929 hand-jamming1937 safing1937 rappelling1938 leading through1945 pendulum1945 free-climbing1946 laybacking1955 pendule1957 finger jam1959 jumar1966 jam1967 prusiking1968 jumaring1971 free solo1977 redpoint1986 mantel1987 crimping1990 1938 Fresno (Calif.) Bee 28 Aug. (Mag.) 1/4 (caption) This feminine climber is descending from one of the Teton peaks by means of a rope. Climbers call this kind of descent ‘roping down’, or ‘rappelling’. 1969 Time 22 Aug. 8/2 It is a stirring demonstration ranging from scuba diving..to archery and rappelling (descending a cliff on a double rope). 1991 Better Roads Nov. 20/3 Rappeling is a controlled method of descending a rope. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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