Ra ‧ pun ‧ zel /rəˈpʌnz ə l/ BrE AmE
a character in a ↑ fairy tale who is kept prisoner at the top of a high tower. She is set free when she lets her very long hair hang down the side of the tower and a ↑ handsome ↑ prince climbs up her hair, using it like a rope, and saves her.