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The fact or process of shipping a person or thing again; the action of reship.
Late 15th century (in an earlier sense). From re- + shipping. Compare classical Latin reeskippatio, reeskippamentum, reskippamentum act of reshipping, reskippare to reship, Anglo-Norman reskippeson, reskippesoun act of reshipping.