Definitions

1. noun

A hammer or mallet used to break or drive out an old nail or rivet, especially one used in shipbuilding or repairing.

“The carpenter used a rehammer to extract the rusty nail from the old wooden beam.”

2. verb

To break or drive out an old nail or rivet, especially one used in shipbuilding or repairing.

“The shipwright rehammered the old rivets before reassembling the hull.”