arrester

[uh-res-ter]

noun

Also ar·res·tor. a person or thing that arrests.
Electricity. lightning arrester.

Origin of arrester

First recorded in 1400–50, arrester is from the late Middle English word arester. See arrest, -er¹

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Historical Examples of arrester

If you use a loop antenna, of course, no arrester is needed.
Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son
John Mills
A form of Western Electric arrester particularly adapted for outside use on railway lines is shown with its cover in Fig. 210.
Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1
Kempster Miller
Inserting a plug in the hole between the two line plates connects the line wires directly together at the arrester.
Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1
Kempster Miller
Fig. 203 shows a device known as a "saw-tooth" arrester because of its metal plates being provided with teeth.
Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1
Kempster Miller
This feature is not essential in an arrester intended solely to divert lightning discharges.
Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1
Kempster Miller

British Dictionary definitions for arrester

arrester

noun

a person who arrests
a thing that stops or checks motion, esp a mechanism of wires for slowing aeroplanes as they land on an aircraft carrier

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