Retyre

//ɹiːˈtaɪə(ɹ)// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    retirement obsolete

    "Now surely , Syre , I find, That all this worlds gay showes, which we admire, Be but vaine shadows to this safe retyre"

Verb
  1. 1
    To fit (a vehicle) with new tyres. UK, transitive

    "Meanwhile the steam crane would have already have upended the wheels and axle with the wheel to be retyred at the lowest point."

  2. 2
    Obsolete form of retire (“to withdraw”). alt-of, obsolete

Synonyms

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go to bedpensionwithdrawabandonabdicateabscond

Example

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"Meanwhile the steam crane would have already have upended the wheels and axle with the wheel to be retyred at the lowest point."

Etymology

From re- + tyre.

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