Rappel

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rappel \Rap"pel\ (r[a^]p"p[e^]l or r[a^]p*p[e^]l"), n. [F. Cf.
     {Repeal}.] (Mil.)
     The beat of the drum to call soldiers to arms.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  rappel
       v : lower oneself with a double rope coiled around the body from
           a mountainside; "The ascent was easy--roping down the
           mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous";
           "You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do
           technical climbing" [syn: {abseil}, {rope down}]
       [also: {rappelling}, {rappelled}]