reline

¹ American  

[ree-lahyn] / riˈlaɪn /

verb (used with object)

1. to replace or renew the layer of material covering the inner surface of.

   The company was awarded a multimillion-dollar contract to reline older sections of the town’s sewer system.

   We undertake a wide range of repairs, including relining coats and other garments as well as curtains.

2. to line (a book or painting); add a reinforcing layer of fabric to the back or spine.

   After relining the painting, we took it back up to the studio to varnish it.

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reline ² American  

[ree-lahyn] / riˈlaɪn /

verb (used with object)

1. to make fresh lines or other markings on (a surface, especially a playing surface).

   After removing the weeds from the overgrown tennis courts, he repainted and relined the playing surface.

2. to replace the fishing line on (a rod).

   I bought new fishing line at the sporting goods store to reline my 12-year-old ice-fishing poles.

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Etymology

Origin of reline¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; re- ( def. ) + line ² ( def. )

Origin of reline²

First recorded in 1885–90; re- ( def. ) + line ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

The company says it will reline one of the blast furnaces next year, a necessary but expensive — €90 million — project.

From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2014

How swiftly I was swept into her world—ready to scribble through the night, down pots of scalding coffee, and pause just long enough to reline the eyes with Maybelline.

From Slate • May 3, 2013

One sunny day last July, Mechanic Billy Smith, 25, went on the job to reline a steel furnace at the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rush orders for refractory brick to reline steel and iron furnaces made Pittsburgh's Harbison-Walker Refractories Co. jump output from 35% to 75 to 80% of capacity and go to work widening its own bottlenecks.

From Time Magazine Archive

We reline the old nest and repair it beautifully every housecleaning time.

From Stories of Birds by Mulets, Lenore Elizabeth