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refitment

  • a word derived from refit.
    refit
    verb (used with object)
    to fit, prepare, or equip again.

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At the end of the present season the expedition will take a recess for refitment and an American lecture tour.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Sumter lay on the opposite side of the river, at Algiers, and I crossed over every morning to superintend her refitment.

From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Raphael Semmes

Anchorage in Port Lincoln, and refitment of the ship.

From A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 by Matthew Flinders

After their departure, the commodore with great impatience expected the resolution of the council, and the necessary licences for his refitment.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

They lie in the Pacific Ocean, much nearer to this continent than the other, and have become an important place for the refitment and provisioning of American and European vessels.

From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 4, part 2: John Tyler by James D. (James Daniel) Richardson