Meanings
verbrerail (third-person singular simple present rerails, present participle rerailing, simple past and past participle rerailed)
present singular third person rerails · participle present rerailing · participle past rerailed · past rerailed · alternative re-rail
- transitiverail transportTo 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.
Origin
Translations
Czech nakolejit
- nakolejitto replace on the rails
German aufgleisen
- aufgleisento replace on the rails
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with rerail
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APA
rerail. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rerail
MLA
“rerail.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rerail. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rerail,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rerail.
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