rerail

English

Alternative forms

  • re-rail

Etymology

re- + rail

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɪl

Verb

rerail (third-person singular simple present rerails, present participle rerailing, simple past and past participle rerailed)

  1. (rail transport, transitive) To replace on the rails.
    • 2020 September 9, “Network News: NR earthworks maintenance measures "not effective"”, in Rail, page 10:
      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.
  2. To renew the rails in a railway line.

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