Snaffle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A bit for a horse, consisting of two bars joined at the center, as by a joint.
  • v. To put on or control with a snaffle.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. 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.
  • v. to put on, or control with, a snaffle
  • v. to grab or seize; to snap up
  • v. to purloin, or obtain by devious means
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • v. To put a snaffle in the mouth of; to subject to the snaffle; to bridle.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A bridle consisting of a slender bit-mouth with a single rein and without a curb; a snaffle-bit.
  • To bridle; hold or manage with a bridle.
  • To clutch or seize by the snaffle.
  • To speak through the nose.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. get hold of or seize quickly and easily
  • n. a simple jointed bit for a horse; without a curb
  • v. fit or restrain with a snaffle
  • Verb Form
    snaffled    snaffles    snaffling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bit    bridle   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    Form
    snaffled    snaffling    snaffle up   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bridle    bridoon    bradoon   
    Same Context
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