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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier;
[syn: arrester, arrester hook]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Arrester \Ar*rest"er\, n.
   1. One who arrests.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Scots Law) The person at whose suit an arrestment is
      made. [Also written arrestor.]
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

arrester
    n 1: a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight
         deck of an aircraft carrier [syn: arrester, arrester
         hook]