Category:Snaffle

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.]

Defn: 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.

Snaffle Snaf"fle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snaffled; p. pr. & vb. n. Snaffling.]

Defn: to put a snaffle in the mouth of; to subject to the snaffle; to Bridle.