recorking

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noun

The act of closing something again with a cork.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of recork
nounrecorking (countable and uncountable, plural recorkings)

plural recorkings

  1. countableuncountableThe act of closing something again with a cork.

    Two and often three disgorgings and recorkings are needed before it is safe to send out for sale.

    1869, William Joseph Flagg, Three Seasons in European Vineyards, page 108
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