Definition of Snatch block

1. Noun. A pulley-block that can be opened to receive the bight of a rope.

Generic synonyms: Fairlead

Definition of Snatch block

1. Noun. (nautical) A kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Snatch Block

snarred
snarring
snars
snary
snash
snashed
snashes
snashing
snast
snaste
snastes
snasts
snatch and run
snatch and runs
snatch block (current term)
snatch blocks
snatch defeat from the jaws of victory
snatch the pebble
snatch up
snatch victory from the jaws of defeat
snatchable
snatched
snatched the pebble
snatcher
snatchers
snatches
snatchier
snatchiest
snatching

Literary usage of Snatch block

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Our Iron Roads: Their History, Construction and Administration by Frederick Smeeton Williams (1888)
"A snatch block. Next to the crane is another runner, which supports the jib of the crane. The next vehicle is another tool-van, which contains oil and ..."

2. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary: A Description of Tools, Instruments by Edward Henry Knight (1876)
"(See SNATCH-BLOCK.) If it be without a sheave, it is known as a dumb-snatch, ... 5249 is another form of snatch- block. Snath. (Husbandry. ..."

3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1909)
"He was sitting on side of flat car, waiting for signal to be given to hook up the chain and snatch block. The dipper was coming up from ditch with dirt. ..."

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