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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
re-lay

"to lay again," 1590s, from re- + lay (v.). Related: Re-laid; re-laying.

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re-lay

vb. (context transitive English) To lay (for example, flooring or railroad track) again.

Usage examples of "re-lay".

During that morning and afternoon the hunchbacked figure of Bluto was to be seen everywhere along the battlements, ordering the re-laying of many cannon and culverins, overseeing their cleaning and loading, shouting ignored advice down to the men outside who were building braces and buttresses to prop the leaning wall in place.