snood

Meanings

Noun

• 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.
• A small hairnet or cap worn by women to keep their hair in place.
• The flap of erectile red skin on the beak of a male turkey.
• A short line of horsehair, gut, monofilament, etc., by which a fishhook is attached to a longer (and usually heavier) line; a snell.
• A piece of clothing to keep the neck warm; neckwarmer.

Verb

• To keep the hair in place with a snood.

Origin

• From Middle English snod, from Old English snōd, from Proto-Germanic *snōdō, from Proto-Indo-European *snoh₁téh₂, from *(s)neh₁-. Cognate with Scots snuid, Swedish snod, snodd. Compare also Old Saxon snōva, Old Norse snúa, snúðr, English needle.