Definitions for: Preventer

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

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