sb. Now dial. Also 7 snitle. [Of obscure origin.] A loop with a running knot; a noose, snare; a slip-knot.
1611. Cotgr., Laqs courant, a noose, grinne, snitle, running knot.
1642. Proceedings at Banbury, 7. Till they had all their necks in a snittle.
1862. in C. C. Robinson, Dial. Leeds, 415.
1895. Rye, E. Angl. Gloss., 203. Snickle, Snittle. A slip-knot.
