Naut. [Variant or earlier form of SNOTTER sb.2] A snotter.
1750. Blanckley, Natal Expos., 154. Snorters, the Smiths put them on one End of the Beak Iron, to turn any of their Work with.
1886. Field, 27 Feb., 251/2. The lower end or heel has been known often to part or jump out of the becket or snorter, which supports it and confines it to the mast.
