rope down

1. 1.

   descend by means of a rappel

   “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”

   Synonymsrappelabseil

   Broaderdescend

   sport

Questions about rope down

What does rope down mean?

rope down means "descend by means of a rappel".

What is another word for rope down?

Close synonyms include rappel, abseil. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.