resleeper

English

Etymology

re- +‎ sleeper

Verb

resleeper (third-person singular simple present resleepers, present participle resleepering, simple past and past participle resleepered)

1. (rail transport, transitive, UK) To replace the sleepers of (a track).
   • 1979 August, Michael Harris, “A line for all reasons: the North Yorkshire Moors Railway”, in Railway World, pages 411–412:

     The last winter's bad weather meant that only 1,500 sleepers were renewed but it is hoped that the increased programme will see the line resleepered in about seven years' time.