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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Snaffle

Snāf'fle, n.

noun

n. [Prov. Ger. schnuff, schnuffe, L. Ger. snuff, snuffe, snüff, a snout, nose, schnüffeln, L. Ger. snuffeln, to snuffle, Prov. Eng. snaffle, to speak through the nose, D. snavel, L. Ger. snavel, Dan. & Sw. snabel, O. H. Ger. snabul, N. H. Ger. schnabel, a beak, bill, snout.]

Sense 1. A bridle consisting of a slender bit-mouth, without branches.

Sense 2. A snaffle-bit. Herbert.

Snăf'fle, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. SNAFFLED; p. pr. & vb. n. SNAFFLING.] To bridle; to hold or manage with a bridle.