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preventer


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Preventer  \Pre*vent"er\,  n. 
  1.  One  who  goes  before  one  who  forestalls  or  anticipates 
  another.  [Obs.]  --Bacon. 
 
  2.  One  who  prevents  or  obstructs;  a  hinderer;  that  which 
  hinders;  as  a  preventer  of  evils  or  of  disease. 
 
  3.  (Naut.)  An  auxiliary  rope  to  strengthen  a  mast. 
 
  {Preventer  bolts},  or  {Preventer  plates}  (Naut.),  fixtures 
  connected  with  preventers  to  re["e]nforce  other  rigging. 
 
 
  {Preventer  stay}.  (Naut.)  Same  as  {Preventer},  3.