单词 | refastening |
释义 | refasteningn. The action or an act of refastening something. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > [noun] > again refastening1598 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes A resoldring, a refastning. 1852 Eclectic Rev. 3 686 All Margaret's hopes fell with the hopes of Italy; and fully did she share in the sorrows and privations of those whom the re-fastening of the chain upon their stricken country had driven once more into exile. 1869 N.Y. Herald 1 Sept. 10/5 The Hudson River steamboat..is on the mammoth..dry dock adjoining the above for calking and refastening purposes. 1942 Univ. Chicago Law Rev. 9 357 The accident was occasioned by the negligent re-fastening of an important part which had been removed by the defendant repairman. 1989 Independent (Nexis) 9 Sept. 18 After a sort out, and a thorough refastening of my veil, we recovered our nerves, returned to the fray, and accomplished the transfer successfully. 2000 Halifax (Nova Scotia) Daily News (Nexis) 20 Jan. 33 I may have seen the edge of a breast for a few seconds now and then, and maybe a bit more during the bra re-fastening phase. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1598 |
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