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relivery

relivery noun: the act of decorating with replacement livery, especially of a train.

Noun

relivery (countable and uncountable, plural reliveries)

  1. The act of decorating with replacement livery, especially of a train.
    • "The past few years have seen the new ScotRail Saltire train re-livery programme rapidly accelerated so as to have most multiple units in these colours by the time of the [Commonwealth] Games."2014, Gordon D. Webster, Railways of Glasgow: Post-Beeching, The History Press
    • But the group says that more cash is now needed to finish and test the engine at UKRL before 37003 is returned to the MNR at Dereham for bodyshell repairs and relivery.2023 May 31, “News in pictures: Class 37 restoration needs extra funds”, in RAIL, number 984, page 29, photo caption

Forms of relivery

pluralreliveries

Origin of relivery

From re- + livery.

Questions about relivery

What does relivery mean?
Relivery means the act of decorating with replacement livery, especially of a train.
What part of speech is relivery?
Relivery is a noun.
What is the plural of relivery?
The plural of relivery is reliveries.

Words near relivery in the dictionary

  1. relived
  2. reliver
  3. reliveried
  4. reliveries
  5. relivers
  6. relivery
  7. reliverying
  8. relives
  9. reliving
  10. relivings
  11. relize

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