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snood
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/ snud /
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noun
the distinctive headband formerly worn by young unmarried women in Scotland and northern England.
a headband for the hair.
a netlike hat or part of a hat or fabric that holds or covers the back of a woman's hair.
the pendulous skin over the beak of a turkey.
verb (used with object)
to bind or confine (the hair) with a snood.
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Origin of snood
before 900; Middle English: fillet, ribbon; Old English snōd
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British Dictionary definitions for snood
snood
/ (snuːd) /
noun
a pouchlike hat, often of net, loosely holding a woman's hair at the back
a headband, esp one formerly worn by young unmarried women in Scotland
vet science a long fleshy appendage that hangs over the upper beak of turkeys
verb
(tr) to hold (the hair) in a snood
Word Origin for snood
Old English snōd; of obscure origin
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