snood (snūd)
n.

1. A small netlike cap worn by women to keep the hair in place.
2. A headband or fillet.
3. A fleshy wrinkled fold of skin that hangs down over a turkey's beak.

tr.v., snood·ed, snood·ing, snoods.
To hold (the hair) in place with a snood.

[Middle English snod, headband, from Old English snōd.]

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