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Pre-vent′er.


Nautical.) An additional rope, spar, chain, or bolt, as a support, stay, or substitute. A supplementary or auxiliary rope to support a spar, stay, etc., in a gale or in action.

A prcrenter-bolt is driven at the lower end of the preventer-plates to assist the strain of the chainbolts.

Preventer-plates are placed below the links of the chains.

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