snood

[snood]

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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.

Origin of snood

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

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Related Words for snood

line, tape, ring, fish, slice, meat, chain, hoop, binding, strap, harness, strip, braid, truss, ribbon, belt, manacle, ligature, fillet, shackle

Examples from the Web for snood

Historical Examples of snood

A snood or fillet of blue ribbon confined her luxuriant hair.
Dulcibel
Henry Peterson
A northern term for a snood or link of horse-hair for a fishing-line.
The Sailor's Word-Book
William Henry Smyth
If the snood does not break you have him dangling in the air.
Wild Life Near Home
Dallas Lore Sharp
It is the rich materials of snood, plaid, and brooch that betray her birth.
The Lady of the Lake
Sir Walter Scott
Tied round the wimple they sometimes had a snood, or band of silk.
English Costume
Dion Clayton Calthrop

British Dictionary definitions for snood

snood

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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Word Origin and History for snood

Old English snod "ribbon for the hair," from Proto-Germanic *snodo (cf. Swedish snod "string, cord"), from PIE root *(s)ne- "to spin, sew" (cf. Lettish snate "a linen cover," Old Irish snathe "thread;" see needle (n.)). In the Middle Ages, typically worn by young unmarried girls, hence "It was held to be emblematic of maidenhood or virginity" [Century Dictionary]. Modern fashion meaning "bag-like hair net" first recorded 1938 (these also were worn by girls in the Middle Ages, but they are not snoods properly).