preventer
Americannoun
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a person or thing that prevents.
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Nautical.
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any of various lines set up to reinforce or relieve ordinary running or standing rigging.
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a line for preventing a sail from jibbing.
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noun
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a person or thing that prevents
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nautical a rope or other piece of gear rigged to prevent a sail from gybing
Etymology
Origin of preventer
Example Sentences
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A diligent plumber will also calculate the pressure loss from the height of the bathroom above the water meter, the pressure loss through the water meter, a backflow preventer and any other pressure regulators.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2024
The blowout preventer was supposed to be the last-ditch defense against high-pressure gas and oil bursting out of the well.
From Slate • Sep. 30, 2016
A blowout preventer, which hadn’t been serviced for nine years, failed to close.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2016
No asthma patient should be prescribed a long-acting reliever inhaler without being given a preventer inhaler too, for example.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2015
The yards were now squared and preventer backstays set up, and the carpenter, having examined the mast, reported that it was secure.
From The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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