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Definition snood

Etymology

From Middle English snod, from Old English sn?d (“headdress, fillet, snood”), from Proto-Germanic *sn?d? (“rope, string”), from Proto-Indo-European *snoh?téh? (“yarn, thread”), from *sneh?(i)- (“to twist, wind, weave, plait”). Cognate with Scots snuid (“snood”), Swedish snod, snodd (“twist, twine”). Compare also Old Saxon sn?va (“necklace”), Old Norse snúa (“to turn, twist”), snúðr (“a twist, twirl”), English needle.

Noun

snood (plural snoods)

1. 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.
2. A small hairnet or cap worn by women to keep their hair in place.
3. The flap of red skin on the beak of a male turkey.
4. A short line of horsehair, gut, monofilament, etc., by which a fishhook is attached to a longer (and usually heavier) line; a snell.
5. 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)

1. To keep the hair in place with a snood.

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