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.

Derived terms

• rerailer
• rerailment

Translations

to replace on the rails

• Czech: nakolejit
• German: aufgleisen

References

• “re-rail”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• irreal, railer