Definitions
fit or restrain with a snaffle
Word origin
Apparently from Dutch snavel, from Middle Dutch snavel, snabel (“snout”), diminutive of Middle Dutch snabbe, snebbe (“bird's bill, neb”). Akin to Old Frisian snavel (“mouth”), Middle Low German snabbe (“neb, beak”), Old English nebb (“beak, bill, nose, face”). More at neb.
Used in a sentence
““I shall have to take the mare to-morrow,” said the Tertium Quid, “and she will stand nothing heavier than a snaffle.””
“For many horses the best bit to use in the field is a plain snaffle, with very large rings, so that the bit cannot be pulled through the horse’s mouth. The bridle should have a cavesson, instead of the usual noseband.”
“Julian Joolby, when will you learn to snaffle your violent emotion?”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Horse bit”7 letters
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