Definition of abseil

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ab·seil    (äpzl, -sl, b-) KEY 

intr.v.
ab·seiled, ab·seil·ing, ab·seiled

To rappel.

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ETYMOLOGY:
German abseilen, to descend at the end of a rope : ab, down, off ; see ablaut + Seil, rope (from Middle High German, from Old High German)