▪ I. reˈmould, v.
(riː-)
[re- 5 a.]
trans. To mould again, to fashion or shape anew.
| a 1700 Ken Hymnotheo Poet. Wks. 1721 III. 166 This to a God-like Love re-molds the Heart. 1768–74 Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) II. 400 God..could have remoulded him [man] into a perfect creature. 1790 Hamilton Wks. (1851) III. 31 It is..of the greatest consequence that the debt should..be remoulded into such a shape [etc.]. 1847 Hare Guesses Ser. i. (ed. 3) 6 To remould a government and frame a constitution anew are works of the greatest difficulty and hazard. 1876 Blackie Lang. & Lit. Highl. Scot. ii. 74 The immense mass of traditional materials moulded and remoulded into popular song. |
Hence reˈmoulding vbl. n.
| 1864 Pusey Lect. Daniel vi. 356 The first words..are themselves a re-moulding of a doctrinal statement in the Pentateuch. 1882–3 Schaff Encycl. Relig. Knowl. 521 The so-called Suabian Concordia—a remoulding of his famous six sermons. |
▪ II. ˈremould, n.
[f. the vb.]
A worn tyre on to which a new tread has been moulded. Also attrib. Cf. retread n.
| 1956 C. Willock Death at Flight iii. 35, I asked the firm's transport department to change both front tyres not three weeks ago. And I told them no remoulds. 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 29 Mar. 21/1 (Advt.), New and remould tyres on terms! Also the new extra grip remould for town and country use. 1972 Practical Motorist Oct. 157/1 A remould uses the carcass of a tyre that has already done a lifetime of service. 1973 Times 28 Apr. 4/2 Mr Assender claimed yesterday that {pstlg}6·50 was a fair price for a ‘remould quality’ 145-13 tyre. 1976 Drive Sept.–Oct. 77/1 Remould or remould quality tyres should by now have disappeared from the forecourt vocabulary, being replaced by the two official designations. |