Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A bag typically made of net fabric that is worn at the back of the head to keep a woman's hair in place.
- noun A headband or fillet.
- noun A fleshy wrinkled fold of skin that hangs down over a turkey's beak.
- transitive verb To hold (the hair) in place with a snood.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fillet formerly worn by young women in Scotland to confine the hair. It was held to be emblematic of maidenhood or virginity.
- noun In angling, a hair-line, gut, or silk cord by which a fish-hook is fastened to the line; a snell; a leader or trace Also
sneed . - noun One of the short lines of a bultow to which the hooks are attached: also called by fishermen ganging. The snoods are 6 feet long, and placed at intervals of 12 feet.
- To bind up with a snood, as a maiden's hair.
- To tie, fasten, or affix, as an anglers' hook when the end of the line or gut-loop is seized on to the shank of the hook.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb Scot. To bind or braid up, as the hair, with a snood.
- noun Scot. The fillet which binds the hair of a young unmarried woman, and is emblematic of her maiden character.
- noun A short line (often of horsehair) connecting a fishing line with the hook; a snell; a leader.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun 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.
- noun A small
hairnet orcap worn bywomen to keep theirhair in place. - noun The
flap of red skin on the beak of amale turkey . - noun A short
line of horsehair, gut, monofilament, etc., by which afishhook is attached to a longer (and usually heavier) line; asnell . - noun A piece of clothing to keep the neck warm;
neckwarmer . - verb To keep the
hair in place with a snood.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Another popular style of the 30s and 40s was the snood, which is sort of like a hammock for your hair worn at the back of your neck.
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Another popular style of the 30s and 40s was the snood, which is sort of like a hammock for your hair worn at the back of your neck.
Archive 2008-02-01 2008
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A piece of scarlet embroidered cloth, called the snood, confined her hair, which fell over it in a profusion of rich dark curls.
Waverley 2004
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A piece of scarlet embroidered cloth, called the snood, confined her hair, which fell over it in a profusion of rich dark curls.
The Waverley 1877
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To each line were fastened eight or ten snoods: a snood is a short line with a hook at the end.
A Yacht Voyage Round England William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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A piece of scarlet embroidered cloth, called the snood, confined her hair, which fell over it in a profusion of rich dark curls.
Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since Walter Scott 1801
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A piece of scarlet embroidered cloth, called the snood, confined her hair, which fell over it in a profusion of rich dark curls.
Waverley Walter Scott 1801
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A piece of scarlet embroidered cloth, called the snood, confined her hair, which fell over it in a profusion of rich dark curls.
Waverley — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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A piece of scarlet embroidered cloth, called the snood, confined her hair, which fell over it in a profusion of rich dark curls.
Waverley — Volume 1 Walter Scott 1801
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Stennie, I like the "snood" line, too, and the "Sisters" number as performed by both the boys and the girls.
Ten Things I Like about White Christmas (1954) Jacqueline T Lynch 2007
skipvia commented on the word snood
The pendulous skin over the beak of a turkey
November 22, 2007
corylusavellana commented on the word snood
The shape of a handlebar moustache may be protected during the night by a moustache snood.
In another (more Scottish) universe, the past tense for snow?
March 6, 2009
bilby commented on the word snood
Also a knitted piece of neckwear worn by football players. See here.
February 5, 2011
hernesheir commented on the word snood
Scots cockernonny.
May 27, 2011
Louises commented on the word snood
Looking moodily down into the heaving contents of the snood. Stella Gibbons Cold Comfort Farm. Yet again none the wiser - porridge in a snnod?
February 18, 2013
bilby commented on the word snood
Try reading the definitions above or the citations below.
February 18, 2013