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.
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.
A similar device to prevent motion in other mechanisms besides ratchets.
A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction.
To stop with a pawl.