refret

Meanings

Verb

• To replace the frets on (a musical instrument).

Noun

• A refrain.

Origin

• re- + fret
• From Middle English refreit, from Anglo-Norman refreit ("response"), refraindre; also Old French refreit ("refrain"). The Oxford English Dictionary suggests influence from an unattested Late Latin form, refrangere; compare Latin refractus. See refrain, refract.