rappel
noun
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L326357 on Wikidata ↗verb
- controlled descent down a rock with the use of ropes
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɹæˈpɛl/ / /ɹəˈpɛl/
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from French rappel. Compare repeal.
- A drumbeat pattern for calling soldiers to gather.
“[…] he has to retramp the same streets, rebeat the same rappel […]”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree French re- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *pel- Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *-né-der. Proto-Italic *pelnōder. Latin pellō Latin appellārebor. French appeler French rappelerbor. English rappel Borrowed from French rappeler (“to pull through (a rope)”).
- To abseil.
- To call back a hawk.