Then nothing would serve the children but that Colonel Fitzdenys must ride Billy again; so a snaffle was put into his mouth and the Colonel mounted him bare-backed, and took him for a little turn in the park and leaped him over the bar, to their great delight.
"The Drummer's Coat"
J. W. Fortescue
For the rider's keys are curb and snaffle, and his hands, by means of the bridle, control the sensitive bars of his horse's mouth-the most harmonious, delicate organ yet discovered on earth, but too often, alas!
"A Cotswold Village"
J. Arthur Gibbs
Soldiers get glory, but none of the feast; Soldiers work hardest, and snaffle the least.
"Rung Ho!"
Talbot Mundy