Snood

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small netlike cap worn by women to keep the hair in place.
  • n. A headband or fillet.
  • n. A fleshy wrinkled fold of skin that hangs down over a turkey's beak.
  • v. To hold (the hair) in place with a snood.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. 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.
  • n. A small hairnet or cap worn by women to keep their hair in place.
  • n. The flap of red skin on the beak of a male turkey.
  • n. A short line of horsehair, gut, monofilament, etc., by which a fishhook is attached to a longer (and usually heavier) line; a snell.
  • n. A piece of clothing to keep the neck warm; neckwarmer.
  • v. To keep the hair in place with a snood.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The fillet which binds the hair of a young unmarried woman, and is emblematic of her maiden character.
  • n. A short line (often of horsehair) connecting a fishing line with the hook; a snell; a leader.
  • v. To bind or braid up, as the hair, with a snood.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A fillet formerly worn by young women in Scotland to confine the hair. It was held to be emblematic of maidenhood or virginity.
  • n. In angling, a hair-line, gut, or silk cord by which a fish-hook is fastened to the line; a snell; a leader or trace Also sneed.
  • n. One of the short lines of a bultow to which the hooks are attached: also called by fishermen ganging. The snoods are 6 feet long, and placed at intervals of 12 feet.
  • To bind up with a snood, as a maiden's hair.
  • To tie, fasten, or affix, as an anglers' hook when the end of the line or gut-loop is seized on to the shank of the hook.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • 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
  • Verb Form
    snooded    snooding    snoods   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    net    meshwork    network    mesh    meshing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    snell    leader    fillet   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    minidress    G-string    monstercockvideoclip    bonniest    spak    ’tis    ruche    kurdah    kaftan    outheld