snaffle

snaffle
    n 1: a simple jointed bit for a horse; without a curb [syn:
         {snaffle}, {snaffle bit}]
    v 1: get hold of or seize quickly and easily; "I snapped up all
         the good buys during the garage sale" [syn: {snap up},
         {snaffle}, {grab}]
    2: fit or restrain with a snaffle; "snaffle a horse"
    

Snaffle \Snaf"fle\, n. [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}.]
   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}.
   [1913 Webster]
    

Snaffle \Snaf"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snaffled}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Snaffling}.]
   To put a snaffle in the mouth of; to subject to the snaffle;
   to bridle.
   [1913 Webster]