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n (mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body v lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside

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  1. n (mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body v lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside