Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of rerail
Rerailing and track maintenance work between London Liverpool Street and Hackney Downs.
2019 November 20, “Network News”, in RAIL, page 121 more example
Repair of the many tunnels and high masonry viaducts on the eastern side of Semmering, appears to have necessitated this single-line working, although complete rerailing with long welded rails and resleepering and reballasting are being undertaken.
1951 June, John L. Buckland, “The Semmering Line and its Traffic”, in Railway Magazine, page 414
nounrerailing (countable and uncountable, plural rerailings)
plural rerailings
- countableuncountableThe process of fitting new rails.
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