respotting

Verb

respot (third-person singular simple present respots, present participle respotting, simple past and past participle respotted)

1. To replace a ball on its correct spot on a snooker, billiards or pool table.
2. To replace a pin to its correct position prior to a player bowling.
   • Should a pin fall in removing the dead wood it must be respotted, and pins knocked over by pin or pins rebounding from any other alley must be respotted.1928, Louise Patterson Van Sickle, Physical Education Activities for High School Girls, page 105
3. To move a commercial or military vehicle or vehicles into a new position in order to make room for other activity or to allow the moved vehicles to be worked on.
   • This method insures that the stopping of cars will not gradually fall out of tolerance with a consequent loss of time to respot.1963, Central Railway Club of Buffalo, Chronicle, volumes 72-76, page 79
4. To perform the final welds on a manufactured item.
   • Tack the work pieces with one spot and check for proper relative position of pieces. Sometimes the pieces can be separated and respotted if necessary.1966, George L. Ritchie, Electronics Construction Techniques, page 33

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