Snaffle or Direct Pressure Bits
All bits work with either direct pressure or leverage. Bits that act with direct pressure on the tongue and lips are in the general category of snaffle bits. Snaffle bits most commonly have a single jointed mouthpiece and act with a nutcracker effect on the bars, tongue and occasionally roof of the mouth. However, any bit that operates only on direct pressure is a "snaffle" bit, regardless of mouthpiece.
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Famous quotes containing the words snaffle, direct, pressure and/or bits:
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But where’s the bloody horse?”
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Wear skins peeped through by bones and spectacles of steel
With mended glass, like bottle bits in slag.”
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