remouiller

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by WingerBot (talk | contribs) as of 08:02, 28 October 2019.
Jump to navigation Jump to search

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ mouiller.

Pronunciation

Verb

remouiller

  1. to rewet (wet again)
  2. (nautical) to recast (an anchor)
    • 2000, Jean-François Parot, L'énigme des Blancs-Manteaux, JC Lattès 2012, p. 17:
      L'ancre, levée une heure avant l'aube, comme l'exigeait le règlement, avait dû être remouillée tant était encore impénétrable l'obscurité.
      The anchor, weighed an hour before the dawn as regulation required, had had to be recast so impenetrable was the darkness.

Conjugation

Further reading