单词 | remending |
释义 | remendingn. The action of mending something, esp. (in later use) for a second or subsequent time. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > mending or repairing > [noun] dighting1340 repairinga1387 mending1402 reparellingc1410 reparation?a1425 beeting1517 reparationing1536 remending1537 righting1615–16 fixing up1769 servicing1918 1537 J. Husee Let. 18 Mar. in Lisle Papers (P.R.O.: SP 3/11/103) f. 126v As ffor yor wear [= weir]..ther ar dyuers abouȝte Excestre which sywthe ffor remendyng of theyrs. 1608 A. Nixon True Relation Trauels M. Bush sig. D3 The remending of the said Engine. 1866 Boy's Friend 2 220/1 She [sc. the boat] had actually battled through the storms and tempests of a century; yet, by dint of re-mending, was reckoned an excellent sea-boat. 1923 M. J. Van Der Flier War Finances in Netherlands up to 1918 vii. 124 Toward the end the limited clothing supply of the poor was used up; the time for mending and re-mending was over. 2006 J. X. Inda Targeting Immigrants 144 The enhancement of line-watch operations involved the mending and remending of a 9-mile expanse of fence running along the border. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1537 |
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