A number of IE languages show a tendency to haplologize sequences of the type *-sVs- to *-s-,

a horseproof fence or gate

We must relocalize the food supply.

Next day he walked to St James's Palace to be presented to his godfather, the famously rude King George II, who 'rumped' him (turned his back on him) without a word. Hervey's successes at sea had not dispelled the displeasure caused by ...