In specific uses. transitive. To reverse (a garment, etc.) so that the inner side becomes the outer, to turn inside out. Hence: to alter or remake…

transitive. spec. To renovate, repair, or refashion (old clothes or shoes); to turn the materials of (old clothes or shoes) into new items. Now histo…

transitive. To patch, mend, or repair (shoes, clogs, etc.) with ‘spetches’; to patch (a garment) with cloth.

transitive. colloquial and English regional. To repair the garments of (a person). Obsolete.

transitive. To patch up, cobble.

transitive (in passive). To treat (clothing) with a reviver; to renovate.