remâter

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French

Etymology

From re- +‎ mâter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.ma.te/ ~ /ʁə.mɑ.te/
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Verb

remâter

  1. (transitive, nautical) to remast
    • 1793, W. Hunter, C. Wolf, A. Eschelskroon, Description du Pégu et de l'isle de Ceylan, page 31:
      Le vaisseau que je montois ayant été totalement désemparé, il fallut entrer dans la rivière de Syriam pour le remâter.
      The ship that I boarded having been totally disabled, it was necessary to enter the Syriam river to remast it.
    • 1929, Marcel Prévost, Joseph Bédier, Raymond Recouly, La Revue de France, page 376:
      Il remâtera ses vaisseaux avec les mâtures des frégates, ses frégates avec les mâtures des transports, et ceux-ci, à leur tour, avec des agrès de fortune.
      He will remast his ships with the masts of the frigates, his frigates with the masts of the transporters, and these, in turn, with makeshift gear.
    • 2006, Robert Solé, Le grand voyage de l'obélisque, →ISBN, page 120:
      En trente-six heures, le navire est remâté, regréé et déchargé de tout poids inutile.
      In thirty-six hours, the ship is remasted, rerigged and unloaded of any unnecessary weight.

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