Snaffle

snai'fl, n. A bridle-bit having one or more joints in the mouth-piece, and at the ends rings for reins, without branches; a snaffle-bit. — [snaffled (-fid), -fling.] To bridle to hold or manage with a bridle. [D. snavel, a horse's muzzle, dim. of OD. snab be, the bill or neb of a bird, a snapper, siiappen = E. to snap.} — Snaffle-bit, n. A snaffle.