rebuilding en · NOUN
Meanings
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The act of building something again.
These have certainly witnessed many events of interest, chief among them, undoubtedly, being the rebuilding of the Bulleid Pacifics.
1961 March, C. P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, page 160:The complete 1892 rebuilding, indeed, followed an accident in 1890, when No. 6 ran away down the Buckley branch, and got badly smashed up in a collision at Connah's Quay.
1944 May and June, “Notes and News: A Much Transformed Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 186:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rebuildings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (9)
az yenidənqurma (act of building again) · nb gjenoppbygging (act of building again) · sga athchumtach (act of building again) · fr réédification (act of building again) · fi jälleenrakennus (act of building again) · nn gjenoppbygging (act of building again) · de Wiederaufbau (act of building again) · hy վերակառուցում (act of building again) · ga atógáil (act of building again)