Definitions

1. noun

A device, especially a mechanism, used to reinsert or rethread a broken or detached thread or yarn in a textile.

“The sewing machine was equipped with a special reprimer to fix damaged threads in the fabric.”

2. verb

To rethread or reinsert a broken or detached thread or yarn in a textile.

“The seamstress had to reprimer the torn seam before it could be sewn.”