11 TermsHome > Terms > English, UK (UE) > Preventer
Preventer
A sail control line originating at some point on the boom leading to a fixed point on the boat's deck or rail (usually a cleat or pad eye) used to prevent or moderate the effects of an accidental jibe.
This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.
0
0
Improve it
- Part of Speech: noun
- Synonym(s):
- Blossary:
- Industry/Domain: Boat
- Category: General boating
- Organization: Wikipedia
- Product:
- Acronym-Abbreviation:
Other Languages:
Member comments
Terms in the News
Featured Terms
Industry/Domain: Geography Category: Countries & Territories
South Sudan
On January 6, 2005, South Sudan became an autonomous region of the Republic of Sudan. On July 9, 2011, this southern region of Sudan will become its ...
Contributor
Featured blossaries
Browers Terms By Category
- Cardboard boxes(1)
- Wrapping paper(1)
Paper packaging(2) Terms
- SAT vocabulary(5103)
- Colleges & universities(425)
- Teaching(386)
- General education(351)
- Higher education(285)
- Knowledge(126)
Education(6837) Terms
- Ballroom(285)
- Belly dance(108)
- Cheerleading(101)
- Choreography(79)
- Historical dance(53)
- African-American(50)
Dance(760) Terms
- Prevention & protection(6450)
- Fire fighting(286)