Meanings
plural abseilers
- Someone who abseils.
Trains were kept running at all times, with a COSS (Controller of Site Safety) and a lookout present when abseilers were being used.
2021 May 5, Paul Stephen, “Restoring the glory of Ribblehead”, in RAIL, number 930, page 39Synonyms: rappeller
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomeone who abseils.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna person who descends down a nearly vertical face by using a doubled rope that is wrapped around the body and attached to some high point
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Finnish köyden avulla laskeutuja
- köyden avulla laskeutujasomeone who abseils
German Abseiler
- Abseilersomeone who abseils
Polish osoba schodząca po linie
- osoba schodząca po liniesomeone who abseils
Portuguese rapelista, rapeleiro
- rapelistasomeone who abseils
- rapeleirosomeone who abseils
Cite this entry
abseiler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abseiler
“abseiler.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abseiler. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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