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A small boom which crosses the sail of a boat diagonally from the mast to the upper aftmost corner: the lower end of the sprit rests in a sort of becket called the snotter, which encircles the mast at that place.

The snotter was a short piece of rope with a loop at each end.

When raising the sail it was first partly hoisted, then the sprit was hooked in the loop and the snotter, after which the throat halyard was drawn taut.

Then the snotter was pulled up the mast as far as it would go, flattening out the sail.

The Snotter. up by a spar called a sprit.