"arresting gear" meaning in English

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        "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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          "aircraft",
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          "aircraft carrier",
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          "airfield",
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          "wire",
          "wire"
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          "rope",
          "rope"
        ],
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          "snag",
          "snag"
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          "tailhook",
          "tailhook"
        ],
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          "hydraulic",
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        "(aviation, military) 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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          "aircraft",
          "aircraft"
        ],
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          "aircraft carrier",
          "aircraft carrier"
        ],
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          "airfield",
          "airfield"
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          "wire",
          "wire"
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          "rope",
          "rope"
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          "snag",
          "snag"
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          "tailhook",
          "tailhook"
        ],
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          "hydraulic",
          "hydraulic"
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          "mechanical",
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        "(aviation, military) 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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