rerail en · VERB
Etymology
From re- + rail.
Meanings
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(transitive) To replace on the rails.
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.
2020 September 9, “Network News: NR earthworks maintenance measures "not effective"”, in Rail, page 10:
- To renew the rails in a railway line.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rerailing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| re-rail | alternative | lexicographic | |
| rerails | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| rerailed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| rerailed | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (2)
cs nakolejit (to replace on the rails) · de aufgleisen (to replace on the rails)