repitching

English

Verb

repitching

  1. present participle and gerund of repitch

Noun

repitching (countable and uncountable, plural repitchings)

  1. The application of a new coat of pitch.
    The roof needs frequent repitchings.
  2. The act of pitching something again, or differently.
    • 1873, Thomas Wiltberger Evans, Edward A. Crane, John Swinburne, History of the American Ambulance Established in Paris During the Siege of 1870-71:
      This four months' lastingness would doubtless be sensibly reduced if the tent were subject to numerous transportations and repitchings.
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