Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To pass on or transfer (information). · To release a new set of hounds. · To place (people or horses) in relays, such that one can take over from another. · To take on a new relay of horses; to change horses.
A new set of hounds. · A new set of horses kept along a specific route so that they can replace animals that are tired. · A new set of anything. · A series of vehicles travelling in sequence.
From Middle French relai (“reserve pack of hounds”), from relaier (“to exchange tired animals for fresh”); literally, "to leave behind", from Old French relaier (“to leave behind”), from re- + laier (“to leave”), of uncertain origin.
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