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.