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reˈskin, v.|riː-|
[re- 5 a.]
†1. refl. To re-cover (oneself) in skin. nonce-use.
1820Coleridge Let. 25 May (1971) V. 48 A Suicide..sinking below the organizing power [may] be employed fruitlessly in a horrid appetite of re-skinning himself, after he had succeeded in fleaing his Life.
2. trans. To replace or repair the skin of (an aircraft or motor vehicle). See skin n. 9 c.
1976Business Week 12 Apr. 67/3 They will replace worn out structures, ‘reskin’ corroded surfaces, and retire their early jets after 18 years or 20 years. 1977Aviation Week & Space Technol. 13 June 60/3 A 3,000-lb. payload could be carried if the wing were reskinned. 1982Business Week 4 Oct. 76/2 ‘Reskinning’ a car with new sheet metal over the same old engine, transmission, and suspension can cost $200 million. 1989Aviation Week & Space Technol. 24 July 67/2 It's a matter of doing the right maintenance and control... You can always reskin the airplane.
Hence reˈskinned ppl. a.; reˈskinning vbl. n.
1975Internat. Antique Airplane News (1976) iv. 30/2 While the wing was in the process of re-skinning we started on the engine mount. 1978Times 6 Jan. 17/2 A larger version will mean a complete ‘reskinning job’. 1979Economist 3 Feb. 76/2 New cars cost at least three times as much, even for simple ‘reskinned’ replacements. 1983Truck & Bus Transportation July 78/1 This mounting design..allows the bodies to easily be lifted off for refitting and reskinning at the end of their service life. |