reballast en · VERB
Etymology
From re- + ballast.
Meanings
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To renew the ballast under railway track.
Another pressing requirement is to reballast the line as at present nearly all of the track is on ash ballast; some 15 years' hard work should see the line on stone ballast.
1979 August, Michael Harris, “A line for all reasons: the North Yorkshire Moors Railway”, in Railway World, page 412:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| reballasts | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| reballasted | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| reballasted | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| reballasting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |