Snaffle

['snæf(ə)l] or ['snæfl]

解释:

(noun.) a simple jointed bit for a horse; without a curb.

(verb.) fit or restrain with a snaffle; 'snaffle a horse'.

海因里希录入--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) 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.

(v. t.) To put a snaffle in the mouth of; to subject to the snaffle; to bridle.

校对:利昂

解释:

n. a bridle which crosses the nose and has a slender mouth-bit without branches.—v.t. to bridle: to clutch by the bridle.—ns. Snaff′le-bit a kind of slender bit; Snaff′ling-lay the trade of highwayman.

整理:谢尔登