'Preventer' definitions:
Definition of 'Preventer'
From: GCIDE
- Preventer \Pre*vent"er\, n.
- 1. One who goes before; one who forestalls or anticipates another. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One who prevents or obstructs; a hinderer; that which hinders; as, a preventer of evils or of disease. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Naut.) An auxiliary rope to strengthen a mast. [1913 Webster]
- Preventer bolts, or Preventer plates (Naut.), fixtures connected with preventers to re["e]nforce other rigging.
- Preventer stay. (Naut.) Same as Preventer, 3. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Preventer'
- Prevent,
- Preventability,
- Preventable,
- Preventative,
- Prevented,
- Preventing,
- Preventingly,
- Prevention,
- Preventional,
- Preventive,
- Preventively,
- Preventer bolts,
- Preventer plates,
- Preventer stay,
- Preventive service,
- birth prevention,
- preventive attack,
- preventive medicine,
- preventive strike,
- center for disease control and prevention,
- centre for international crime prevention,
- united nations crime prevention and criminal justice,
- united nations office for drug control and crime prevention