Snood

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Snood \Snood\, n. [AS. sn[=o]d. Cf. Snare.]
     1. The fillet which binds the hair of a young unmarried
        woman, and is emblematic of her maiden character. [Scot.]
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              And seldom was a snood amid


              Such wild, luxuriant ringlets hid.    --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     2. A short line (often of horsehair) connecting a fishing
        line with the hook; a snell; a leader.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Snood \Snood\, v. t.
     To bind or braid up, as the hair, with a snood. [Scot.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  snood
       n : an ornamental net in the shape of a bag that confines a
           woman's hair; pins or ties at the back of the head