reshoulder

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

re- +‎ shoulder

Verb[edit]

reshoulder (third-person singular simple present reshoulders, present participle reshouldering, simple past and past participle reshouldered)

  1. (transitive) To place (a burden) back onto one's shoulder.
    • 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 265:
      'Think what you like' and he reshouldered his swag.
    • 1999, Dana Stabenow, Hunter's Moon, →ISBN, page 50:
      He reshouldered his rifle. "Want to backtrail with me?"
    After a break for lunch, we reshouldered our backpacks and resumed the hike.

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