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arrester hook

arrester hook

9.9
A device on a plane that catches a wire on a carrier deck to stop the plane quickly during landing
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : gancho de frenado
  • The fighter jet deployed its arrester hook as it touched down on the carrier deck.

Examples

  • The arrester hook engaged smoothly during the landing.

  • Engineers inspected the arrester hook after each landing to ensure it remained in good condition.

  • Without a functioning arrester hook, landing on an aircraft carrier would be extremely dangerous.

  • Fighter jets use an arrester hook for safe landings.

  • The fighter jet deployed its arrester hook as it touched down on the carrier deck.

  • Engineers inspected the arrester hook after each landing to ensure it remained in good condition.

  • Without a functioning arrester hook, landing on an aircraft carrier would be extremely dangerous.

Synonyms

arrester
vsarrester hook
  • Specialized
8.8

A device that quickly stops a plane on an aircraft carrier deck

is the specific hinged part that catches a wire to stop landing planes

Surface Forms

arrester hook singular
arrester hooks plural

Morphology

arrester + hook

The term is compositional: 'arrester' denotes something that arrests or stops and 'hook' is a curved implement, so together they denote a hook that arrests/stops an aircraft. Although the item is technical, its meaning is directly derivable from the constituent words for a learner who knows both components.

Etymology

Arrester hook is a metal hook on some airplanes that drops down to catch a cable on an aircraft carrier and stop the plane quickly. The name joins arrester (something that 'stops') and hook, so it literally means a hook used to 'stop' an aircraft during landing.