snaffle

Deirdre heard the click, click of Ginger's snaffle, the chirping of young birds under the roof, while Conal was eating.

The horses crunched them with a relish, their light snaffle bits acting as only slight impediments to their mastication.

A vigorous stirring is bound to upheave what is searched for, so in due course the Captain dug up a snaffle-bit.

He wondered why she hadn't taken advantage of the situation here to snaffle a husband.

The latter held the reins in both hands, each rein being single and fastened to either side of a snaffle-like bit.