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Meanings of
snaffle
in English
Portuguese
arrebatar
Catalan
agafar
Spanish
arrebatar
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Get hold of or seize quickly and easily.
grab
snap up
Portuguese
arrebatar
Catalan
filet
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A simple jointed bit for a horse; without a curb.
snaffle bit
Catalan
filet
Usage of
snaffle
in English
1
She made a run, but was checked by degrees with the
snaffle
.
2
Some fillies you can drive with a
snaffle
,
others need the curb.
3
There was no check-rein, no curb, nothing but a plain ring
snaffle
.
4
The buggy horse was a sedate animal which I rode with a
snaffle
.
5
That heavy English
snaffle
is the best thing I know of.
6
Give him lots of room, and he'll go in the
snaffle
.
7
In faith, sir boy, I have a
snaffle
for such a headstrong colt.
8
Hoarders
snaffle
,
store and smother their homes with the significant and the sentimental.
9
By a corncob moon they
snaffle
,
silvery-hulled backs adrift & dolphin-arched in the mire.
10
Jihad-green banner-holy war-all the East and Northern Africa alight while the French
snaffle
Syria.
11
Their bridle has but a simple
snaffle
-
bit
,
and no martingale.
12
The curb and
snaffle
steel bits are used, and attached to a single head-stall.
13
If he had either, he would soon need the
snaffle
to hold him back.
14
I had only a light
snaffle
on him, while his mouth was like iron.
15
The only thing he ever collected was
snaffle
bits.
16
Like a horse restless under the
snaffle
,
the man shook his head, but went on.
Other examples for "snaffle"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
snaffle
Noun
Singular
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
easy snaffle
english snaffle
french snaffle
have a snaffle
hold the snaffle
More collocations
Translations for
snaffle
Portuguese
arrebatar
comprar rapidamente
Catalan
agafar
arrabassar
prendre
filet
Spanish
arrebatar
coger
Snaffle
through the time
Snaffle
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common