Sentence:  He ... pulled out one of the apples and rolled it under the fence to the horse. The horse <WSD>grabbled</WSD> it up with quivering lips. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To pick (something or someone) "up" hastily, roughly or clumsily.<ref>(Francis Grose), "A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," London: Hooper and Wigstead, 1796, 3rd edition: “T<small>O</small> G<small>RABBLE</small>. To seize.”[https://archive.org/details/cu31924073798740]</ref>