snaffle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: snaffle	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for snaffle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
snaffle n a simple jointed bit for a horse; without a curb [syn: snaffle, snaffle bit] v get hold of or seize quickly and easily; "I snapped up all the good buys during the garage sale" Synonym(s): snap up, snaffle, grab fit or restrain with a snaffle; "snaffle a horse"
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.