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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