snood

American  

[snood] / snud /

noun

1. the distinctive headband formerly worn by young unmarried women in Scotland and northern England.

2. a headband for the hair.

3. a netlike hat or part of a hat or fabric that holds or covers the back of a woman's hair.

4. the pendulous skin over the beak of a turkey.

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verb (used with object)

1. to bind or confine (the hair) with a snood.

snood British  

/ snuːd /

noun

1. a pouchlike hat, often of net, loosely holding a woman's hair at the back

2. a headband, esp one formerly worn by young unmarried women in Scotland

3. vet science a long fleshy appendage that hangs over the upper beak of turkeys

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verb

1. (tr) to hold (the hair) in a snood

Etymology

Origin of snood

before 900; Middle English: fillet, ribbon; Old English snōd

Example Sentences

After it was found 11 days later with false number plates, officers found a partial DNA match - linked to Camp - on a snood that had been left in the driver's seat.

From BBC

"It was jumpers, blankets, one of those big snoods, or just getting up and moving around."

From BBC

The attacker said he didn't care but the teenager then pulled down the snood to reveal his father and asked: "What are you doing?"

From BBC

The man, who was wearing a hood, snood or scarf and gloves and carrying a shopping bag, then travelled to Lurgan by bus.

From BBC

Like snoods, other fleshy structures on a turkey’s face and neck can change color during displays.

From New York Times

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