Definition of Previnter
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 reënforce other rigging. -- Preventer
stay. (Naut.) Same as Preventer,
3.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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