snood
IPA: snˈud
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.
- A small hairnet or cap worn by women to keep their hair in place.
- The flap of erectile red skin on the beak of a male turkey.
- 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
- To keep the hair in place with a snood.
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Examples of "snood" in Sentences
- To each line were fastened eight or ten snoods: a snood is a short line with a hook at the end.
- Stennie, I like the "snood" line, too, and the "Sisters" number as performed by both the boys and the girls.
- A piece of scarlet embroidered cloth, called the snood, confined her hair, which fell over it in a profusion of rich dark curls.
- 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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