English

Verb

foresnaffle ‎(third-person singular simple present foresnaffles, present participle foresnaffling, simple past and past participle foresnaffled)

1. (transitive, rare) To restrain; prohibit.
   • 1844, The Gentleman's Magazine - Volumes 176-177 - Page 606:

     Had I not foresnaffled my mind by votarie promise Not to yoke in wedlock too no wight earthly my person, When my first feloship by murther beastly was eended, Had I not such daliaunce, such pipling bed gle renounced, Haply this one faultie [...]

Synonyms

• withstrain