reline

¹ American  

[ree-lahyn] / riˈlaɪn /

verb (used with object)

1. to replace or renew the layer of material covering the inner surface of.

   The company was awarded a multimillion-dollar contract to reline older sections of the town’s sewer system.

   We undertake a wide range of repairs, including relining coats and other garments as well as curtains.

2. to line (a book or painting); add a reinforcing layer of fabric to the back or spine.

   After relining the painting, we took it back up to the studio to varnish it.

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reline ² American  

[ree-lahyn] / riˈlaɪn /

verb (used with object)

1. to make fresh lines or other markings on (a surface, especially a playing surface).

   After removing the weeds from the overgrown tennis courts, he repainted and relined the playing surface.

2. to replace the fishing line on (a rod).

   I bought new fishing line at the sporting goods store to reline my 12-year-old ice-fishing poles.

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Etymology

Origin of reline¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; re- ( def. ) + line ² ( def. )

Origin of reline²

First recorded in 1885–90; re- ( def. ) + line ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

The company says it will reline one of the blast furnaces next year, a necessary but expensive — €90 million — project.

From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2014

How swiftly I was swept into her world—ready to scribble through the night, down pots of scalding coffee, and pause just long enough to reline the eyes with Maybelline.

From Slate • May 3, 2013

One sunny day last July, Mechanic Billy Smith, 25, went on the job to reline a steel furnace at the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rush orders for refractory brick to reline steel and iron furnaces made Pittsburgh's Harbison-Walker Refractories Co. jump output from 35% to 75 to 80% of capacity and go to work widening its own bottlenecks.

From Time Magazine Archive

It carries in a great deal of soft material—soft grass, wool, and feathers—to reline the cavity, and lays five or six, white, pointed eggs.

From Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)