arrester
[ uh-res-ter ]
noun
Also ar·res·tor. a person or thing that arrests.
Electricity. lightning arrester.
Origin of arrester
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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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