snood : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: snood	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for snood
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
snood 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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snood \Snood\, n. [AS. sn[omac]d. Cf. Snare.] 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. A short line (often of horsehair) connecting a fishing line with the hook; a snell; a leader.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snood \Snood\, v. t. To bind or braid up, as the hair, with a snood. [Scot.]