pre-assembled

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ assembled

Adjective

pre-assembled (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of preassembled
   • 1953 September, “Restoring British Permanent Way to Prewar Standards”, in Railway Magazine, page 587:

     The renewal of track by cranes and special tracklaying machines which lift out entire 60 ft. lengths of old track and lay in pre-assembled 60 ft. lengths of new, allows the process of renewal to proceed at a considerably faster rate than possible by older methods.

References

• “pre-assembled”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.