Snood (?), n. [AS. snd. 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.
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Snood, v. t.
To bind or braid up, as the hair, with a snood.
[Scot.]
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