snaffle

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snaffle

loose ring French training snaffle bit (© School Division, Houghton Mifflin Company)

n.
A bit for a horse, consisting of two bars joined at the center, as by a joint.

tr.v., -fled, -fling, -fles.
To put on or control with a snaffle.

[Origin unknown.]

noun

An instrument or means of restraining: bit², brake, bridle, leash, restraint. See restraint/unrestraint.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a simple jointed bit for a horse; without a curb
  Synonym: snaffle bit

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The verb snaffle has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: get hold of or seize quickly and easily
  Synonyms: snap up, grab

Meaning #2: fit or restrain with a snaffle, as of horses

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - trense
v. tr. - ride med trense, styre med let hånd

Nederlands (Dutch)
trens, de trens aandoen, met de trens in toom houden

Français (French)
n. - mors de filet
v. tr. - (GB) barboter (fam)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Trense
v. - die Trense anlegen, (ugs.) stehlen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - υποστόμιο (παραχαλινίδας)
v. - τοποθετώ υποστόμιο παραχαλινίδας, (καθομ.) κλέβω, σουφρώνω

Italiano (Italian)
morso snodato, tenere a freno, rubare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - bridão (f)
v. - surrupiar, roubar

Русский (Russian)
уздечка, надеть уздечку, поймать, украсть

Español (Spanish)
n. - freno acodado
v. tr. - sujetar con filete, controlar, mangar, birlar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - träns, betsel
v. - betsla, tygla med tränsbetsel, knycka, sno

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
马衔铁, 装以马嚼子, 偷窃, 轻勒

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 馬銜鐵
v. tr. - 裝以馬嚼子, 偷竊, 輕勒

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 작은 재갈
v. tr. - 작은 재갈을 물리다, 가볍게 제어하다, 후무리다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 小勒をはませる, 軽く制御する, くすねる, かっさらう
n. - 小勒

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شكيمه ألجواد (فعل) يشكم ألجواد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מתג (בפי הסוס)‬
v. tr. - ‮ריסן במתג, גנב, סחב‬

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