re-lay

present singular third person re-lays · participle present re-laying · participle past re-laid · past re-laid · alternative relay

1. transitiveTo lay (for example, flooring or railroad track) again.

   relay the pitch

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   He had to re-lay the tiles because the cement was too dry.

   The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.

   1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC

   BP re-laid and extended the track to provide two half-length loading roads, two half-length stabling sidings, and a reception siding.

   2019 November 6, Andy Coward, “Fuelling additional rail freight traffic”, in Rail, page 58