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)
5.
to bind or confine (the hair) with a snood.
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
verb
4.
(transitive) to hold (the hair) in a snood
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