PREVENTER

preventer. Preventer, n. one who prevents or hinders

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Pre‐vent″er (?), n. 1. 1. One who goes before; one who forestalls or anticipates another. Bacon.
2. 2. One who prevents or obstructs; a hinderer; that which hinders; as, a preventer of evils or of disease.
3. 3. (Naut.) An auxiliary rope to strengthen a mast.
Preventer bolts, or Preventer plates (Naut.), fixtures connected with preventers to reënforce other rigging. — Preventer stay. (Naut.) Same as Preventer, 3.