rethread
verb
re·thread (ˌ)rē-ˈthred 
rethreaded; rethreading
transitive verb
: to thread (something) again : to pass a thread, string, etc. through (something) again
rethread a needle
rethread a sewing machine
… shows were constantly interrupted because the antiquated 16-millimetre film equipment required film reels to be rethreaded every 40 minutes.
Kevin Plummer
Kevin Plummer
Word History
First Known Use
1820, in the meaning defined above
- three-four time
- three-fourths value clause
- three-gaited
- three-halfpence
- three-halfpences
- three-halfpenny
- three-handed
- three-high
- three-holer
- three-hooped
- three-in-hand
- three-leaved arum
- three-leaved hop tree
- three-leaved Indian turnip
- three-leaved ivy
- three-leaved maple
- three-leaved stonecrop
- three-legged
- three-legged race
- three-line octave
- three-lined potato beetle
- three-master
- three-men-in-a-boat
- three-mile limit
- three-minute glass