snood
noun
the distinctive headband formerly worn by young unmarried women in Scotland and northern England.
snoods
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present tense formof snood (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Dr. Buchholz found that males with longer snoods had fewer coccidia parasites, which don’t harm adults but can sicken or kill chicks, and possess genes that may make them resistant to coccidia.
From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2022
However, no one has studied whether females scoff at dull feathers the way they do at puny snoods.
From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2022
There are scarves and snoods to conceal neck-vein bulges when attempting a major bluff.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2018
Gloves and snoods have long been the subject of ridicule in the Premier League, but at least Neil Lennon is laying the foundations to stamp them out of the game.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2014
A hard, unwaking sleep has overpowered Her limbs, and now the flowered Cool muslin and the ribbon snoods are bootless, The gilded girdles fruitless.
From Laments by Dorothea Prall
