retyre

English

Etymology 1

re- +‎ tyre

Verb

retyre (third-person singular simple present retyres, present participle retyring, simple past and past participle retyred)

  1. (transitive) To fit (a vehicle) with new tyres.
    • 2013, Alan Davies, Walkden Yard and the Lancashire Central Railways Colliery Locomotives
      Meanwhile the steam crane would have already have upended the wheels and axle with the wheel to be retyred at the lowest point.

Etymology 2

Verb

retyre (third-person singular simple present retyres, present participle retyring, simple past and past participle retyred)

  1. Obsolete form of retire. (to withdraw)

Noun

retyre

  1. (obsolete) retirement
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)
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