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snaf⋅fle

1[snaf-uhl] noun, verb, -fled, -fling.
–noun
1. Also 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.
–verb (used with object)
2. to put a snaffle on (a horse).
3. to control with or as with a snaffle.

Origin:
1525–35; orig. uncert.; cf. OFris snavel mouth, D snavel, G Schnabel beak, bill
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snaf⋅fle

2[snaf-uhl]
–verb (used with object), -fled, -fling. British Informal.
to appropriate for one's own use, esp. by devious means; purloin; filch.

Origin:
1715–25; orig. uncert.
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snaf·fle   (snāf'əl)   


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n.  A bit for a horse, consisting of two bars joined at the center, as by a joint.
tr.v.   snaf·fled, snaf·fling, snaf·fles
To put on or control with a snaffle.

[Origin unknown.]
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Word Origin & History

snaffle 
"simple bridle-bit," 1533, perhaps from Du. snavel "beak, bill;" cf. Ger. Schnabel "beak, face," O.E. nebb, O.N. neff "beak, nose," from PIE base *snab- "beak" (see neb).
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