snood
noun
the distinctive headband formerly worn by young unmarried women in Scotland and northern England.
snooded
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past participleof snood.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof snood.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
snoodnounthe distinctive headband formerly worn by young unmarried women in Scotland and northern England.
Example Sentences
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Miss Wilson actually appeared in a vivid green pillbox hat, her hair lushly snooded.
From Time Magazine Archive
The pearls about her neck became her mightily, as did the green ribbon, the same shade as her dress, snooded in her hair.
From Love of Brothers by Katharine Tynan
Over Christine herself had come the same bright change; her still, calm face often dimpled into smiles, her pale-gold hair was snooded with a pretty ribbon, and her dress a little richer.
From Scottish sketches by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
He did not recognize her at first; it was nearly dark, and her head was snooded in a shawl.
From The Quickening by E. M. Ashe
Janet has kilted her green kirtle A little aboon her knee, And she has snooded her yellow hair A little aboon her bree, And she's awa to Carterhaugh, As fast as she can hie.
From Ballad Book by Katherine Lee Bates
