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rehaul en · VERB

Etymology

From re- + haul.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To haul again.
   • Certainly there is nothing in the letter to obligate the Government to pay for the rehauling of the 3,421 tons of coal from the storage point to the claimant's powerhouse. 1921, United States. War Dept. Claims Board, Decisions of the Appeal section, volume 5, page 485:
2. (transitive) To overhaul.
   • She glared at the exposed pipes over her desk. Plumbing that needed to be rehauled. 2005, Jessica Bird, Beauty and the Black Sheep:
   • Almost immediately, however, trouble with the throttle forced the ship to make a short stop in Copenhagen, site of its manufacture, to have its engine rehauled. 1998, John McCannon, Red Arctic, page 62:

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