arrester

American  

[uh-res-ter] / əˈrɛs tər /

noun

1. Also arrestor. a person or thing that arrests.

2. Electricity. lightning arrester.

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arrester British  

/ əˈrɛstə /

noun

1. a person who arrests

2. a thing that stops or checks motion, esp a mechanism of wires for slowing aeroplanes as they land on an aircraft carrier

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Etymology

Origin of arrester

First recorded in 1400–50, arrester is from the late Middle English word arester. See arrest, -er ¹

Example Sentences

It is not clear whether the silo that exploded was fitted with a flame arrester at any point.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2025

Although it’s simple enough for a plumber to cut out a short section of copper pipe and sweat-solder a water hammer arrester into the space, cutting through walls causes a lot of follow-up work.

From Washington Post • Sep. 18, 2020

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

From Time Magazine Archive

To his intense wrath, his arrester was Orange's Police Chief Ed O'Reilly, a friend whom he had baptized into his church.

From Time Magazine Archive

All currents above this critical amount will operate the arrester; the larger the current, the shorter the time of operating.

From Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by Miller, Kempster