reship
to ship again.
to transfer from one ship to another.
to go on a ship again.
(of a member of a ship's crew) to sign up for another voyage.
Origin of reship
1Other words from reship
- re·ship·ment, noun
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How to use reship in a sentence
It was easier and cheaper to buy the German-made product and reship it than to produce the same article at home.
The War After the War | Isaac Frederick MarcossonThe Danube steamers are not unfrequently obliged to stop at Drenkova and reship their passengers into smaller boats.
Round About the Carpathians | Andrew F. CrosseIt was considered an advantage to reship cotton because moving it from one boat to another knocked the mud off the bales.
American Adventures | Julian StreetThese grain elevators are really huge tanks where the grain is stored and kept dry until time to reship it.
Great Cities of the United States | Gertrude Van Duyn SouthworthI had taken passage on one of the regular steamers from Manila to Hong Kong, and was to reship from there.
Anting-Anting Stories | Sargent Kayme
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