rerail
English
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edit- Rhymes: -eɪl
Verb
editrerail (third-person singular simple present rerails, present participle rerailing, simple past and past participle rerailed)
- (rail transport, transitive) To replace on the rails.
- 2020 September 9, “Network News: NR earthworks maintenance measures "not effective"”, in Rail, page 10:
- At around 2130, a single wagon in a freight train derailed on a curve approaching the junction, and then rerailed as it passed over the junction.
- To renew the rails in a railway line.
Derived terms
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editto replace on the rails
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References
edit- “re-rail”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.