snaffle, snaffle bit
(noun) a simple jointed bit for a horse; without a curb
snaffle
(verb) fit or restrain with a snaffle; “snaffle a horse”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
snaffle (plural snaffles)
A broad-mouthed, loose-ringed bit (metal in a horse's mouth). It brings pressure to bear on the tongue and bars and corners of the mouth. Often used as a training bit.
(figuratively) Decorative wear that looks like a snaffle.
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snaffle (third-person singular simple present snaffles, present participle snaffling, simple past and past participle snaffled)
(transitive) To put a snaffle on, or control with a snaffle.
(transitive) To clutch by the bridle.
(transitive, informal) To grab or seize; to snap up.
(transitive, informal) To purloin, or obtain by devious means.
Source: Wiktionary
Snaf"fle, n. Etym: [D. snavel a beak, bill, snout; akin to G. schnabel, OHG. snabul,. sneb, snebbe, OFries. snavel mouth, Dan. & Sw. snabel beak, bill, Lith. snapas, and to E. snap, v. See Snap, and cf. Neb.]
Definition: A kind of bridle bit, having a joint in the part to be placed in the mouth, and rings and cheek pieces at the ends, but having no curb; -- called also snaffle bit.
Snaf"fle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snaffled; p. pr. & vb. n. Snaffling.]
Definition: To put a snaffle in the mouth of; to subject to the snaffle; to bridle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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