- To strengthen with new force, assistance, material,
or support; as, to reenforce an argument; to reenforce a garment;
especially, to strengthen with additional troops, as an army or a fort,
or with additional ships, as a fleet. - Something which reenforces or strengthens. - That part of a cannon near the breech which is thicker
than the rest of the piece, so as better to resist the force of the
exploding powder. See Illust. of Cannon. - (b) - An additional thickness of canvas, cloth, or the like,
around an eyelet, buttonhole, etc.