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arrester
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun arrester has 1 sense
- arrester(n = noun.artifact) arrester hook - a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier; Array is a part of aircraft carrier, attack aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop
is a kind of constraint, restraint
Derived form verb arrest4
CIDE DICTIONARY
arrester, n.
- One who arrests. [1913 Webster]
- The person at whose suit an arrestment is made. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
arrester, n. (also arrestor) a device, esp. on an aircraft carrier, for slowing an aircraft by means of a hook and cable after landing.
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