arresting gear (English, noun)
expansion: arresting gear (countable and uncountable, plural arresting gears)
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glosses: 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.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: arresting gears
tags: plural