reballast

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English

Etymology

From re- +‎ ballast.

Verb

reballast (third-person singular simple present reballasts, present participle reballasting, simple past and past participle reballasted)

  1. (rail transport) To renew the ballast under railway track.
    • 1979 August, Michael Harris, “A line for all reasons: the North Yorkshire Moors Railway”, in Railway World, page 412:
      Another pressing requirement is to reballast the line as at present nearly all of the track is on ash ballast; some 15 years' hard work should see the line on stone ballast.

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