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retimbering

retimbering is the present participle and gerund of retimber.

Meaning of retimber

Verb

retimber (third-person singular simple present retimbers, present participle retimbering, simple past and past participle retimbered)

  1. (transitive) To fit with new timbers.
    • to retimber an old mineshaft

Questions about retimbering

What is retimbering the present participle and gerund of?
Retimbering is the present participle and gerund of retimber.

Words near retimbering in the dictionary

  1. retilted
  2. retilting
  3. retilts
  4. retimber
  5. retimbered
  6. retimbering
  7. retimbers
  8. retime
  9. retimed
  10. retimes
  11. retiming

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Adapted from Wiktionary: retimbering (page history and authors); retimber (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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