▪ I. † ˈsnackle, a. Obs.—1
[prob. a var. of snaggle in snaggle-toothed a.]
? Snaggy.
| ? 1567 J. Studley tr. Seneca, Hipp. v. (1581) 74 b, [Let] eke the snackle wheele That whirleth stil enforce my limmes thy swinging swift to feele. |
▪ II. ˈsnackle, v.
[Of obscure origin.]
trans. To secure, make fast.
| 1887 Doyle Study in Scarlet ii. vi, This young man here had the bracelets on my wrists, and as neatly snackled as ever I saw in my life. |