rebend

verb

rebend

verb

Etymology From re- + bend.

1

To bend again.

  • These hooks are made of soft metal, to be rebent after use; but the cod very often get away with them and are hooked again elsewhere; and that is one of the many reasons why the Gloucester boats despise the Frenchmen.1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous:

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