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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PREVENTER

n.One that goes before. [Not in use. ] 1. One that hinders; a hinderer; that which hinders; as a preventer of evils or of disease.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PREVENTER

PREVENTER 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. )

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

preventer

pre vent er |prēˈventər priˈvɛntər | ▶noun a person or thing that prevents something: effective as preventers of further infection. • Sailing an extra line or wire rigged to support a piece of rigging under strain, or to hold the boom and prevent it from jibing.

 

Oxford Dictionary

preventer

pre |vent ¦er |prɪˈventə | ▶noun a person or thing that prevents something: a power-surge preventer. • Sailing an extra line or wire rigged to support a piece of rigging under strain, or to hold the boom and prevent it from gybing.