Usually means: Pulley system for redirecting loads.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. snatch block: Merriam-Webster
  2. snatch block: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. snatch block: Collins English Dictionary
  4. snatch block: Vocabulary.com
  5. snatch-block, snatch block: Wordnik
  6. snatch block: Wiktionary
  7. snatch block: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. snatch block: Dictionary.com
  9. Snatch block: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. snatch block: Rhymezone
  11. Snatch block: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. snatch block: FreeDictionary.org
  13. snatch block: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. snatch block: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. snatch block: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. snatch block: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See snatch_blocks as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (snatch block)

noun:  (nautical) A kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope.
noun:  A block equipped with a hook that hooks a cable so that it can be doubled back on itself in order to double the load carrying ability of the cable.

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