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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

/ ²õ²Ô³ÜË»å /

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to hold (the hair) in a snood
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of snood1

before 900; Middle English: fillet, ribbon; Old English ²õ²ÔÅ»å
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of snood1

Old English ²õ²ÔÅ»å; of obscure origin
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After it was found 11 days later with false number plates, officers found a partial DNA match - linked to Camp - on a snood that had been left in the driver's seat.

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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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