Reballast

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 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

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"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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