repassage
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
repassage (countable and uncountable, plural repassages)
- The act of repassing; passage back.
- 1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, […], London: […] George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, […], →OCLC:
- the French, whereof twentie vnder the conduct of Cazanoue, getting betweene the Fort and them which now were issued forth, cut off their repassage
- The process of passing a second coat of glue as a finish over unburnished surfaces.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Noun edit
repassage m (plural repassages)
- ironing (act of ironing clothing)
- Faire le repassage. ― To do the ironing.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “repassage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.