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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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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