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Preventer   Listen
noun
Preventer  n.  
1.
One who goes before; one who forestalls or anticipates another. (Obs.)
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 reenforce other rigging.
Preventer stay. (Naut.) Same as Preventer, 3.





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