reballasted
reballasted is the simple past and past participle of reballast.
Meaning of reballast
Verb
reballast (third-person singular simple present reballasts, present participle reballasting, simple past and past participle reballasted)
- 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.1979 August, Michael Harris, “A line for all reasons: the North Yorkshire Moors Railway”, in Railway World, page 412
Questions about reballasted
- What is reballasted the simple past and past participle of?
- Reballasted is the simple past and past participle of reballast.
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