descendeur

/ (French 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 called: descender

Origin of descendeur

1
C20

Words Nearby descendeur

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