rapeling

English

Etymology 1

rape +‎ -ling

Noun

rapeling (plural rapelings)

1. (nonstandard) A child born as the result of rape.
   • 2018 Deadly Ploy, Book 3, page 130

     A half-breed. A bastard. A rapeling. In short, despised by my own people. I'm here not by choice and certainly not as an outlaw. I'm a self-outcast.” Lænos and Trilown nodded knowingly. But Brætian inquired, “Bastard? Rapeling?” That interruption irked Lænos.

Etymology 2

Verb

rapeling

1. Misspelling of rappelling.
   • 2008 Driven to Murder: The Blood Crimes at the Sam Donaldson Ranch page 107

     How he'd take you rapeling, and you weren't afraid of him?” Cody answered, “No, ma'am. I don't think I'd been rapeling at that time in my life.” Grisham asked if Cody recalled the incident when living in East Grand Plains of having a loose tooth

   • 2014 Pilgrims and Other Stories, page 14

     He was in Iraq rapeling from a helicopter when it was hit by an RPG.

Anagrams

• grapline, pearling, prealign