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Meaning of snood

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

snood

Pronunciation:/snuːd/

noun

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. A small hairnet or cap worn by women to keep their hair in place.

  3. The flap of erectile red skin on the beak of a male turkey.

  4. A short line of horsehair, gut, monofilament, etc., by which a fishhook is attached to a longer (and usually heavier) line; a snell.

verb

Definitions

  1. To keep the hair in place with a snood.