English-Thai Dictionary

snaffle

N สาย ห่วง รัด ปาก ม้า  sai-huang-rad-pak-ma

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SNAFFLE

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

 

SNAFFLE

v.t.To bridle; to hold or manage with a bridle.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

snaffle

snaf fle |ˈsnafəl ˈsnæfəl | ▶noun (also snaffle bit ) (on a bridle ) a simple bit, typically a jointed one, used with a single set of reins. • (also snaffle bridle ) a bridle with such a bit. ▶verb [ with obj. ] informal, chiefly Brit. take (something ) for oneself, typically quickly or without permission: shall we snaffle some of Bernard's sherry? ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (denoting a bridle bit ): probably from Low German or Dutch; compare with Middle Low German and Middle Dutch snavel ‘beak, mouth. ’ The verb (mid 19th cent. ) is perhaps a different word.

 

Oxford Dictionary

snaffle

snaf ¦fle |ˈsnaf (ə )l | ▶noun (also snaffle bit ) (on a bridle ) a simple bit, typically a jointed one, used with a single set of reins. • (also snaffle bridle ) a bridle with a snaffle bit. ▶verb [ with obj. ] Brit. informal take (something ) for oneself, typically quickly or without permission: shall we snaffle some of Bernard's sherry? ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (denoting a bridle bit ): probably from Low German or Dutch; compare with Middle Low German, Middle Dutch snavel ‘beak, mouth ’. The verb (mid 19th cent. ) is perhaps a different word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

snaffle

snaffle verb informal Ginny took a fancy to my gardening shorts and snaffled them: steal, thieve, rob, take, purloin, help oneself to, abscond with, run off with, carry off; pilfer, embezzle, misappropriate; informal walk off /away with, run away /off with, swipe, nab, rip off, lift, ‘liberate ’, ‘borrow ’, filch, snitch; Brit. informal nick, pinch, half-inch, whip, knock off, nobble, bone, scrump, blag; N. Amer. informal heist, glom; Austral. informal snavel; W. Indian informal tief; archaic crib, hook.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

snaffle

snaf fle 1 /snǽf (ə )l /名詞 C はみ (snaffle bit ) 〘小型の馬のくつわ 〙.動詞 他動詞 〈馬 〉にはみをかませる ; 〈馬 〉をはみで御する .

 

snaffle

snaf fle 2 動詞 他動詞 ｟英 くだけて ｠…をくすねる, かっさらう .