What is "arrestor"

Usage examples of "arrestor".

The barricade was a net stretched across the flight deck in front of the island, designed to snag crippled aircraft that, for one reason or another, could not use their arrestor gear.

That told the LSO that he had the meatball in sight, confirmed that his aircraft was a Tomcat so that the arrestor cables could be properly adjusted for the hurtling weight of the aircraft, and that his fuel was reading five thousand pounds.

Crewmen on the deck scrambled for safety as the F14, its left wing dragging on steel, spun broadside, snapping the arrestor cables one after another as it hurtled toward a row of A6 Intruders just abaft of the island.

As it was, the only damage had been the snapped arrestor cables, easily replaced.

Dragged to a halt by the arrestor gear, the MiG paused to spit out the cable, then began following a deck director toward a free space to starboard.

While they were under the influence of the arrestor we took them to another island.

Scant seconds, it seemed, after the COD had been nudged and prodded out of the way, an EA-6B Prowler electronic-warfare aircraft slammed into the deck in a barely controlled crash, yanked to a halt by the arrestor cable.

The tone in which Wilton spoke, and the very idea of his arresting the arrestor of all men, and sending up the Messenger of State as a common prisoner to London, proved so impressive with the personages he addressed, that they made not the slightest opposition to his purpose of proceeding, but sent one of their number to show him the way.

He sits back against his whiplash arrestor, turns the rearview mirror to face himself, checks his hairstyle.

An afternoon downpour could drop eight centimeters of warm rain, blow down two or three trees, and make the lightning arrestors dance, then wash away and leave the prison nearly as hot as before.

Sometimes the shield generators went down, and then the only things protecting the camp were the arrestors.

Everything in the camp worth saving had arrestors grounded deep in the swampy soil, but sometimes those weren't enough.

The arrestors might help against lightning and even partially deflect a laser blast, but a direct hit'll vaporize them.

Everything in the camp worth saving had arrestors grounded deep in the swampy soil, but sometimes those weren’t enough.

The arrestors might help against lightning and even partially deflect a laser blast, but a direct hit’ll vaporize them.