spark arrester

American  

noun

1. a device, consisting of wire netting or other material, used to stop or deflect sparks thrown from an open fireplace, a smokestack, or the like.

2. Electricity. a device to reduce sparking at contacts where a circuit is opened and closed.

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spark arrester Scientific  

/ spärk /

1. A device designed to keep sparks from escaping, as at a chimney opening or where materials are being welded.

2. A device used to control or curtail electric sparking at a point where a circuit is made or broken.

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Etymology

Origin of spark arrester

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

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spark arrester

This one comes with a spark arrester, it comes with an FIM outlet, it's got the billet brackets, it's got the right amount of volume to keep it quiet.

From Time Magazine Archive

So it does come with a spark arrester, and two different nozzles.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Humph! that new patent spark arrester don’t arrest particularly,” commented Fogg.

From Ralph on the Overland Express The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer by Chapman, Allen

This being recognized by some genius in one of our wooded states who has profited by it and has produced a "smoke stack" which is also a "spark arrester."

From Rough and Tumble Engineering by Maggard, James H.

But one article in the entire list did I find to be sectional, and that was for a spark arrester.

From Rough and Tumble Engineering by Maggard, James H.