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snaffle

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Snaffle  \Snaf"fle\,  n.  [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}.] 
  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}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Snaffle  \Snaf"fle\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Snaffled};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Snaffling}.] 
  To  put  a  snaffle  in  the  mouth  of  to  subject  to  the  snaffle; 
  to  bridle. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  snaffle 
  n  :  a  simple  jointed  bit  for  a  horse;  without  a  curb  [syn:  {snaffle 
  bit}] 
  v  1:  get  hold  of  or  seize  quickly  and  easily;  "I  snapped  up  all 
  the  good  buys  during  the  garage  sale"  [syn:  {snap  up},  {grab}] 
  2:  fit  or  restrain  with  a  snaffle,  as  of  horses




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