SNOOD

snood

(noun) an ornamental net in the shape of a bag that confines a woman’s hair; pins or ties at the back of the head

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

snood (plural snoods)

A band or ribbon for keeping the hair in place, including the hair-band formerly worn in Scotland and northern England by young unmarried women.

A small hairnet or cap worn by women to keep their hair in place.

Hypernym: hairnet

Hyponym: shpitzel

The flap of erectile red skin on the beak of a male turkey.

Coordinate terms: caruncle, comb, cockscomb, crest, wattle

A short line of horsehair, gut, monofilament, etc, by which a fishhook is attached to a longer (and usually heavier) line; a snell.

A piece of clothing to keep the neck warm; neckwarmer.

Verb

snood (third-person singular simple present snoods, present participle snooding, simple past and past participle snooded)

To keep the hair in place with a snood.

Anagrams

• donos, doons

Source: Wiktionary

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Snood, n. Etym: [AS. sn. Cf. Snare.]

1. The fillet which binds the hair of a young unmarried woman, and is emblematic of her maiden character. [Scot.] And seldom was a snood amid Such wild, luxuriant ringlets hid. Sir W. Scott.

2. A short line (often of horsehair) connecting a fishing line with the hook; a snell; a leader.

Snood, v. t.

Definition: To bind or braid up, as the hair, with a snood. [Scot.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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