rebutton

Verb

rebutton (third-person singular simple present rebuttons, present participle rebuttoning, simple past and past participle rebuttoned)

1. (transitive) To fasten with buttons again.
   • The door to the inner rooms opened suddenly and Jimmy reappeared, freshly washed and brushed, his collar rebuttoned, and a soft blue necktie bringing out the colour in his smiling eyes.1930, Margaret Ayer Barnes, Years of Grace, Part III, Chapter II, page 268
   • Ms. Osborne notes that in Edwardian London adulterous affairs tended to be conducted between the hours of five and seven (known as a “cinq à sept”) because it took women lots of time in those days to unbutton and unlace their layers of corsets, chemises and underskirts, let alone relace and...2009 September 11, Michiko Kakutani, “When a Great-Grandmother Goes Bad”, in New York Times