Hypertext Webster Gateway: "arrester"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Arrester \Ar*rest"er\, n.
1. One who arrests.
2. (Scots Law) The person at whose suit an arrestment is
made. [Also written {arrestor}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
arrester
n : a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight
deck of an aircraft carrier [syn: {arrester hook}]
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