2. Noun. (''Railway'') - A buffer stop. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Arrestor
1. arrester [n -S] - See also: arrester
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arrestor
Literary usage of Arrestor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Electricity Control: A Treatise on Electric Switchgear and Systems of by Leonard Andrews (1904)
"A modification of the above is the Siemens horn break arrestor, shown in fig.
191. This is based on the principle of the horn break switch illustrated and ..."
2. The Science of Railways by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (1915)
"If the telegraph line tests grounded, the trouble may be traced either to the
arrestor, ground or defective condensers in the telephone set. ..."
3. Decisions of the Supreme Court, Vice-Admiralty Court and Bankruptcy Court of by Mauritius Supreme Court, Vice-Admiralty Court, Supreme Court, Mauritius (1889)
"The District Magistrate says that the only rational conclusion that can be come
to is " That the spark arrestor " on that particular machine which passed ..."
4. Johannes Voet, His Commentary on the Pandects: Wherein, Besides the by Johannes Voet (1880)
"so much so that ho cannot even bo compelled if tho creditor offer security as to
indemnity, nor if the arrest be abandoned by tho arrestor, as long as ..."
5. HVAC and Chemical Resistance Handbook for the Engineer and Architect: A ...by Tom Arimes by Tom Arimes (1994)
"Individual Fixture Protection MINI-TROL The AMTROL Mini-Trol arrestor is uniquely
... The Mini-Trol arrestor utilizes a patented non-corrosive surge chamber ..."
6. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1909)
"Where arrestment proceeds on a depending action it may be loosed by the common
debtor's giving security to the arrestor for his debt, in the event it shall ..."
7. Outlines of Criminal Law: Based on Lectures Delivered in the University of by Courtney Stanhope Kenny (1907)
"If the warrant were only on a charge of misdemeanor, it would equally be murder
to kill the arrestor (Foster, p. 311); yet the arrester would not be ..."
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