rappel

noun, verb — 4 senses

rappel

noun

UK /ɹæˈpɛl/ · US /ɹəˈpɛl/

Etymology Borrowed from French rappeler (“to pull through (a rope)”).

1

Descent by means of a rope.

rappel

verb

Etymology Borrowed from French rappeler (“to pull through (a rope)”).

1

To abseil.

2

Obsolete To call back a hawk.

Derived terms: rappeller

rappel

noun

Etymology Borrowed from French rappel. Compare repeal.

1

Government, Military, Politics, War A drumbeat pattern for calling soldiers to gather.

[…] he has to retramp the same streets, rebeat the same rappel […]1839, Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, volume 19, page 711:

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