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English
Etymology
From re- + sleeper.
Verb
resleeper (third-person singular simple present resleepers, present participle resleepering, simple past and past participle resleepered)
- (rail transport, transitive, UK) To replace the sleepers of (a track).
1979 August, Michael Harris, “A line for all reasons: the North Yorkshire Moors Railway”, in Railway World, pages 411–412:The last winter's bad weather meant that only 1,500 sleepers were renewed but it is hoped that the increased programme will see the line resleepered in about seven years' time.