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resleepers

resleepers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of resleeper.

Meaning of resleeper

Verb

resleeper (third-person singular simple present resleepers, present participle resleepering, simple past and past participle resleepered)

  1. (UK, transitive) To replace the sleepers of (a track).
    • The last winter's bad weather meant that only 1,500 sleepers were renewed but it is hoped that the increased programme will see the line resleepered in about seven years' time.1979 August, Michael Harris, “A line for all reasons: the North Yorkshire Moors Railway”, in Railway World, pages 411–412

Questions about resleepers

What is resleepers the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Resleepers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of resleeper.

Words near resleepers in the dictionary

  1. reslaying
  2. reslays
  3. resleeper
  4. resleepered
  5. resleepering
  6. resleepers
  7. resleeve
  8. resleeved
  9. resleeves
  10. resleeving
  11. Resler

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