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
See on 114 above; as also for snooded.
From The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott
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 Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Frank Sidgwick
She wore a dark brown dress and a black silk apron, and had on a cap with thick frilled borders, under which her grey hair was neatly snooded away.
From The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 1, January, 1891 by Charles W. Wood
I never saw a fairy with snooded or tied up hair.
From Lore of Proserpine by Maurice Henry Hewlett
