relivery

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noun

The act of decorating with replacement livery, especially of a train.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounrelivery (countable and uncountable, plural reliveries)

plural reliveries

  1. countableuncountableThe act of decorating with replacement livery, especially of a train.

    But the group says that more cash is now needed to finish and test the engine at UKRL before 37003 is returned to the MNR at Dereham for bodyshell repairs and relivery.

    2023 May 31, “News in pictures: Class 37 restoration needs extra funds”, in RAIL, number 984, page 29, photo caption
    1 more example

    "The past few years have seen the new ScotRail Saltire train re-livery programme rapidly accelerated so as to have most multiple units in these colours by the time of the [Commonwealth] Games."

    2014, Gordon D. Webster, Railways of Glasgow: Post-Beeching, The History Press

Origin

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APA

relivery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relivery

MLA

“relivery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relivery. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “relivery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relivery.

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