snood

[ snood ]

noun

1. the distinctive headband formerly worn by young unmarried women in Scotland and northern England.
2. a headband for the hair.
3. a netlike hat or part of a hat or fabric that holds or covers the back of a woman's hair.
4. the pendulous skin over the beak of a turkey.

verb (used with object)

1. to bind or confine (the hair) with a snood.

snood

/ snuːd /

noun

1. a pouchlike hat, often of net, loosely holding a woman's hair at the back
2. a headband, esp one formerly worn by young unmarried women in Scotland
3. vet science a long fleshy appendage that hangs over the upper beak of turkeys

verb

1. tr to hold (the hair) in a snood

Word History and Origins

Origin of snood¹

before 900; Middle English: fillet, ribbon; Old English snōd

Word History and Origins

Origin of snood¹

Old English snōd; of obscure origin

Example Sentences

After Holly left school with friends, MacPhail, wearing a cap and snood to conceal his face, tailed her round town for more than 45 minutes.

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"It was jumpers, blankets, one of those big snoods, or just getting up and moving around."

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The court was told the teenager put on a snood and a hooded top to cover his face, and had taken a six-inch knife from his home.

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The attacker said he didn't care but the teenager then pulled down the snood to reveal his father and asked: "What are you doing?"

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The man, who was wearing a hood, snood or scarf and gloves and carrying a shopping bag, then travelled to Lurgan by bus.

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