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snood

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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.
verb (used with object)
  1. 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
  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
verb
  1. (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
n.

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).

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