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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Snood

· IPA /snuːd/
01 n. The fillet which binds the hair of a young unmarried woman, and is emblematic of her maiden character.
  1. 1.
    The fillet which binds the hair of a young unmarried woman, and is emblematic of her maiden character.[Scot.]
    “And seldom was a snood amid Such wild, luxuriant ringlets hid.” — Sir W. Scott.
  2. 2.
    A short line (often of horsehair) connecting a fishing line with the hook; a snell; a leader.
02 v. t. To bind or braid up, as the hair, with a snood.
  1. 1.
    To bind or braid up, as the hair, with a snood.[Scot.]