Meanings
plural re-erections
- The erection again of something that had been dismantled or had fallen down, and possibly moved from a different site.
Carmarthen: […] A start on the new carriage shed is imminent, followed by the re-erection of the King's Dock Junction signal box as an office and shop.
2023 March 22, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Wales”, in RAIL, number 979, page 271 more example
No objection to the removal of the Doric arch and its attendant lodges at Euston station is raised by the London County Council Town Planning Committee—provided that they are re-erected in "an appropriate dignified and open setting." The present site is likely to be needed for the reconstruction of the terminus now under consideration by the London Midland Region of British Railways. The cost of re-erection is stated to be £180,000.
1960 March 29, “Doric Arch and Great Hall at Euston”, in Railway Magazine, page 148
Origin
From re- + erection or re-erect + -ion.
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