snatch block

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   a pulley-block that can be opened to receive the bight of a rope

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Questions about snatch block

What does snatch block mean?

snatch block means "a pulley-block that can be opened to receive the bight of a rope".

Is snatch block a common word?

snatch block is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.