Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Dutch term or phrase:
tokkelen
English translation:
rope slide
Added to glossary by
Susanne Roelands
Oct 23, 2003 21:35
20 yrs ago
Dutch term
Portugal
Serious, flexible, keep to deadlines
Native in: Danish 
Works in: German to Danish, Dutch to Danish, Swedish to Danish, and 1 more.
tokkelen
Dutch to English
Other
Sports / Fitness / Recreation
sport
Waterchallenge, biathlonschieten, abseilen & tokkelen.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +2 | rope slide |
Kate Hudson (X)
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| 5 | rope down |
Aurélie DANIEL
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| 2 | sliding down hanging onto a rope attached to a pulley-type attachment |
writeaway
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Proposed translations
+2
39 mins
Selected
rope slide
This is the generally used terminology as you will see from the 126000 google hits and this website http://hadleynet.org/gallery/Easter_2002/Pages/3.shtml
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26 mins
sliding down hanging onto a rope attached to a pulley-type attachment
the refs below show pictures. sorry I can't find an English word other than 'death wish'.
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Note added at 2003-10-23 22:04:43 (GMT)
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as in sliding down from a tall mast etc. seems very related to abseiling but the rope is on this pulley-thing.
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Note added at 2003-10-23 22:04:43 (GMT)
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as in sliding down from a tall mast etc. seems very related to abseiling but the rope is on this pulley-thing.
Reference:
38 mins
Aurélie DANIEL
Spain
Spain
Spain
Fine-tuned, reader-oriented translations
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, Spanish to French, Catalan to French, and 1 more.
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