snaffle
1Also called snaffle bit . a bit, usually jointed in the middle and without a curb, with a large ring at each end to which a rein and cheek strap are attached.
to put a snaffle on (a horse).
to control with or as with a snaffle.
Origin of snaffle
1Words Nearby snaffle
Other definitions for snaffle (2 of 2)
to appropriate for one's own use, especially by devious means; purloin; filch.
Origin of snaffle
2Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use snaffle in a sentence
Deirdre heard the click, click of Ginger's snaffle, the chirping of young birds under the roof, while Conal was eating.
The Pioneers | Katharine Susannah PrichardThe horses crunched them with a relish, their light snaffle bits acting as only slight impediments to their mastication.
Peggy Stewart at School | Gabrielle E. JacksonA vigorous stirring is bound to upheave what is searched for, so in due course the Captain dug up a snaffle-bit.
John Ermine of the Yellowstone | Frederic RemingtonHe wondered why she hadn't taken advantage of the situation here to snaffle a husband.
Industrial Revolution | Poul William AndersonThe latter held the reins in both hands, each rein being single and fastened to either side of a snaffle-like bit.
Assyria, Its Princes, Priests and People | A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
British Dictionary definitions for snaffle
/ (ˈsnæfəl) /
Also called: snaffle bit a simple jointed bit for a horse
British informal to steal or take for oneself
to equip or control with a snaffle
Origin of snaffle
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse