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arresting gear

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English

Syllables
ar-rest-ing gear
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A system used to quickly decelerate a landing aircraft, essential for landing on an aircraft carrier (although land-based airfields can also be equipped with arresting gear); the most common system consists of a series of transverse wire ropes designed to snag an aircraft's tailhook, connected to a hydraulic or mechanical energy-absorbing system, but other systems exist (typically only for use in an emergency situation) which use a net to slow down an aircraft.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

arresting gears (plural)

Questions

What does arresting gear mean?
A system used to quickly decelerate a landing aircraft, essential for landing on an aircraft carrier (although land-based airfields can also be equipped with arresting gear); the most common system consists of a series of transverse wire ropes designed to snag an aircraft's tailhook, connected to a hydraulic or mechanical energy-absorbing system, but other systems exist (typically only for use in an emergency situation) which use a net to slow down an aircraft.

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