arrester : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier
  arrester.
  

WordNet

• noun electrical device inserted in a power line to protect equipment from sudden fluctuations in current
  surge protector; surge suppressor; spike suppressor; lightning arrester.
  

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• (Telegraphy), a device, at the place where a wire enters a building, for preventing injury by lightning to an operator or instrument. It consists of a short circuit to the ground interrupted by a thin nonconductor over which lightning jumps. Called also lightning discharger.

Webster 1913

• noun electrical device to reduce sparking when electrical contacts are opened or closed
  
• noun a wire net to stop sparks from an open fireplace or smokestack
  sparker.
  

WordNet

• a contrivance to prevent the escape of sparks while it allows the passage of gas, chiefly used in the smokestack of a wood-burning locomotive. Called also spark consumer. U.S.

Webster 1913

• noun electrical device inserted in a power line to protect equipment from sudden fluctuations in current
  surge protector; surge suppressor; spike suppressor; lightning arrester.
  

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