re-lay

See also relay

English[edit]

re-lay (third-person singular simple present relays, present participle relaying, simple past and past participle relaid)

(transitive) To lay (for example, flooring or railroad track) again.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, The China Governess^[1]:
  
  The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.
He had to re-lay the tiles because the cement was too dry.

to lay again