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Snaffle definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SNAF'FLE, n. A bridle consisting of a slender bit-mouth, without branches.
SNAF'FLE, v.t. To bridle; to hold or manage with a bridle.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a simple jointed bit for a horse; without a curb [syn: snaffle, 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, snaffle, grab]
2: fit or restrain with a snaffle; "snaffle a horse"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1533 a simple usually jointed bit for a bridle II. transitive verb (snaffled; snaffling) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1724 to obtain especially by devious or irregular means

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. (in full snaffle-bit) a simple bridle-bit without a curb and usu. with a single rein. --v.tr. 1 put a snaffle on. 2 colloq. steal; seize; appropriate. Etymology: prob. f. LG or Du.: cf. MLG, MDu. snavel beak, mouth

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(snaffles, snaffling, snaffled) 1. A snaffle is an object consisting of two short joined bars of metal that is put in a horse's mouth and attached to the straps that the rider uses to control the horse. N-COUNT 2. If you snaffle something, you take it for yourself. (BRIT INFORMAL) Michael Stich then proceeded to snaffle the $2 million first prize. VERB: V n

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

To steal. To snaffle any ones poll; to steal his wig.