rebreakv.

1771 S. Neville Diary 17 Nov. (1950) vii. 141 His father was surgeon to St. Thomas's Hospital..and about 3 or 4 years ago was accused of having rebroken a gentleman's leg.

1788 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 201 The whey having done running, the curd is taken out of the press, and rebroke as finely as possible.

1877 J. Le Conte Elements Geol. (1879) 8 Water..breaks off huge fragments: these by a similar process are again broken and rebroken until the rock is reduced to dust.

1913 B. Browne Conquest of Mount McKinley 189 After a snow-storm, or a heavy drifting wind, the trail must be rebroken.

1943 V. Sackville-West Eagle & Dove i. xv. 89 Her left arm..had had to be re-broken and re-set most painfully several times.

2005 B. Geisert Lessons xii. 64 Midnight [sc. a horse] had to be rebroken each time. He was too spirited for us kids to ride.