respacing

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ spacing.

Verb

respacing

1. present participle and gerund of respace

Noun

respacing (plural respacings)

1. spacing again, or by a different amount
   • 1951 May, “Track Layout at Euston”, in Railway Magazine, page 290:

     No major platform improvements have been possible in the past because the piers of an overbridge at the north end of the station prevented respacing of the tracks.

Anagrams

• caperings, escarping