repassage

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English

Etymology

From re- +‎ passage.

Noun

repassage (countable and uncountable, plural repassages)

  1. The act of repassing; passage back.
    • 1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, , London: George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, , →OCLC:
      the French, whereof twentie vnder the conduct of Cazanoue, getting betweene the Fort and them which now were issued forth, cut off their repassage
  2. The process of passing a second coat of glue as a finish over unburnished surfaces.

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French

Noun

repassage m (plural repassages)

  1. ironing (act of ironing clothing)
    Faire le repassage.To do the ironing.

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