arrester

[ uh-res-ter ]

/ əˈrɛs tər /

noun

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

Nearby words

arrest, arrest of judgment, arrestable, arrestant, arrestee, arrester, arresting, arresting gear, arrestive, arrestment, arretine

Origin of arrester

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

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Examples from the Web for arrester

This feature is not essential in an arrester intended solely to divert lightning discharges.
Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1|Kempster Miller
All currents above this critical amount will operate the arrester; the larger the current, the shorter the time of operating.
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
He is the properest shape wherein they fancy Satan; for he is at most but an arrester, and hell a dungeon.
Microcosmography|John Earle

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

British Dictionary definitions for arrester

arrester

/ (əˈrɛstə) /

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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