recoatv.
/ˌriːˈkəʊt/, U.S. /riˈkoʊt/ transitive. To coat (something) again with paint or the like.
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society > occupation and work > industry > decorating and painting > decorate [verb (transitive)] > paint > apply coat of paint > recoat
recoat1810
1810 Monthly Mag. Feb. 65/2 The article [of glassware] must, under such circumstances, be recoated, and submitted again to the fire.
1876 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Tom Sawyer iii. 34 She found the entire fence..not only whitewashed but elaborately coated and recoated.
1922 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 93 70 We found it essential to clean and re-coat the electrodes after every reading.
1967 E. Chambers Photolitho-offset Gloss. 271 The exposures can be on one coating, or the first print developed and the metal recoated for the second print.
1995 A. Warner Morvern Callar (1996) 85 I put the toe-dividers in then re-coated all toenails in Dusky Cherry.
Derivatives
reˈcoating n.
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1844 Chemist 5 502/1 This operation of recoating may be repeated ad infinitum.
1909 Westm. Gaz. 30 Aug. 2/1 Where water is scarce..for the re-coating of a water-bound road.
1994 Which? Apr. 42/2 All exterior paints and woodstains have a limited life—after a few years they will deteriorate and require recoating.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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