repassage

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ passage.

Noun

repassage (countable and uncountable, plural repassages)

1. 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

2. The process of passing a second coat of glue as a finish over unburnished surfaces.

Anagrams

• sea grapes, seagrapes

French

Noun

repassage m (plural repassages)

1. ironing (act of ironing clothing)

   Faire le repassage. ― To do the ironing.

Related terms

• repasser

Further reading

• “repassage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• passagère