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descendeur

/ dɛsɑ̃dœr /

noun

  1. mountaineering a shaped metal piece through which the rope can be fed: used to control the rate of descent in abseiling Also calleddescender
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of descendeur1

C20

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