arrest vs holdback

arrest

noun
  • A device to physically arrest motion. 

  • The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators. 

  • The condition of being stopped, standstill. 

  • A check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something. 

  • A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse 

  • The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc. 

  • A confinement, detention, as after an arrest. 

verb
  • To catch the attention of. 

  • To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody. 

  • To stop or slow (a process, course etc.). 

  • To undergo cardiac arrest. 

holdback

noun
  • restraint (act or result of holding back, device that restrains) 

  • The projection or loop, on the thill of a vehicle, to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going downhill, or in backing. 

  • The strap or part of the harness so used. 

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