retooling/ɹiːˈtuːlɪŋ/EtymologyFrom retool + -ing.nounThe fact or process of re-equipping or modifying something.“the Physiocrats' emphasis on breaking the shackles under which the economy was labouring appealed to the duke, whose retooling of the state presupposed a reinvigoration of the economy which would allow the government to go to war without bringing the country to penury.”