snaffle

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snaffle englannista suomeksi

1. nivelkuolaimet

2. napata, siepata

3. käyttää nivelkuolaimia

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snaffle englanniksi

1. A broad-mouthed, loose-ringed bit (gloss). It brings pressure to bear on the tongue and the corners of the mouth, and is often used as a training bit.

2. (RQ:Sewell Black Beauty)

3. (quote-book)|title=(w)|chapter=At the Pit's Mouth|location=Boston|publisher=The Greenock Press|page=54|text=“I shall have to take the mare to-morrow,” said the Tertium Quid, “and she will stand nothing heavier than a snaffle.”

4. Decorative wear that looks like a snaffle.

5. (RQ:Churchill Celebrity)A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.

6. To put a snaffle on, or control with a snaffle.

7. To clutch by the bridle.

8. To grab or seize; to up.

9. To purloin, or obtain by devious means.

10. (quote-book) the Master at Arms, the senior member of the lower deck and chief policeman, was found to be drunk; he must have snaffled some of the crew's rum ration always kept closely guarded in a special locker (..)

11. To talk foolishly.

12. {{quote-journal|en|year=1855|journal=Notes and Queries|volume=11|page=391