resleeper
verbEtymology From re- + sleeper.
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Rail transport, Railways, Transport UK 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: