Third-person singular present tense of abseil; a person descends using ropes and climbing equipment.
From German 'abseilen' with the English third-person singular '-s' suffix. Used in instructional and observational contexts.
When a climbing guide says 'She abseils down the canyon wall,' it's a technical description that would have sounded completely foreign to English speakers before the 1940s!
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