Reballast
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To renew the ballast under railway track.
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From re- + ballast.
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