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Dictionary: snood   (snūd) pronunciation
 
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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Obscure Words: snood
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a flap of skin that hangs from the top of a turkey's beak
 
WordNet: snood
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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: an ornamental net in the shape of a bag that confines a woman's hair; pins or ties at the back of the head


 
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19th Century painting of a woman wearing a snood (by Adolph Menzel)
Two women working at a Texas Naval Air Base in 1942, wearing snoods

A snood is a type of headgear, historically worn by women over their long hair. In the most common form it resembles a close-fitting hood worn over the back of the head. The band covers the forehead or crown of the head, goes behind the ears and under the nape of the neck. A sack of sorts dangles from this band, covering and containing the fall of long hair gathered at the back of the head. A snood is sometimes made of solid cloth, but sometimes of loosely knitted yarn, or other net-like material.

In modern times the word has also come to be applied to a tubular neck protector or warmer, often worn by skiers or motorcyclists. The garment can be worn either pulled down around the neck like a scarf, or pulled up over the hair and lower face, like a hood. A commercial company making women's clothing also uses the word as a trademark and sells a decorative variant of the sports snood as its signature product.

The word is first recorded in Old English from around 725 [1] and was widely used in the Middle Ages for a variety of cloth or net head coverings, including what we would today call hairbands and cauls, as well as versions similar to a modern net snood. Snoods continued in use in later periods especially for women working or at home.

In Scotland and parts of the North of England a silken ribbon about an inch wide called a snood was worn specifically by unmarried women as an indicator of their status until the late 19th or early 20th century [1]. It was usually braided into the hair.

Snoods came back into fashion in the 1860s, though the term "snood" remained a European name, and Americans called the item simply a "hairnet" until some time after they went out of fashion in the 1870s. These hairnets were frequently made of very fine material to match the wearer's natural hair color (see 1860s in fashion - hairstyles and headgear) and worn over styled hair. Consequently, they were very different from the snoods of the 1940s.

Snoods became popular again in Europe during World War II. At that time, the British government had placed strict rations on the amount of material that could be used in clothing. While headgear was not rationed, snoods were favored, along with turbans and headscarves, in order to show one's commitment to the war effort.

Today women's snoods are commonly worn by married Orthodox Jewish women, according to the religious custom of hair covering.

References

  1. ^ a b "Snood." The Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd ed. 1989.

 
Translations: Snood
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - hårbånd, hårnet
v. tr. - sætte op med hårnet, anbringe hårbånd

Nederlands (Dutch)
soort pet/haarnet voor vrouwen, soort haarlint, haar in pet/haarnet stoppen

Français (French)
n. - résille, cagoule
v. tr. - enfiler une cagoule

Deutsch (German)
n. - Haarnetz
v. - mit einem Haarnetz befestigen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φιλές μαλλιών
v. - μαζεύω τα μαλλιά σε φιλέ

Italiano (Italian)
nastro per capelli, lenza, pettinarsi con un nastro

Português (Portuguese)
n. - rede para cabelo (f), uma das linhas que prende um anzol à linha principal

Русский (Russian)
сетка для волос, поводок (рыб.)

Español (Spanish)
n. - redecilla, cintillo, hilo para atar el anzuelo
v. tr. - recoger el cabello con una redecilla

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hårnät, hårband
v. - fästa med hårnät, fästa med hårband

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
妇女发网, 用发网束发

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 婦女發網
v. tr. - 用發網束發

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 머리 리본, 머리띠, 그물 모자
v. tr. - ~을 머리띠로 매다, (낚시에) 목줄을 매다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ヘアネット, スヌード, はりす
v. - リボンで縛る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شبكه لشعر ألمرأة, وتر قصير يشد به ألشص ألى خيط طويل (فعل) يشد بوتر, يحصر بشبكه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רשת-שיער, שביס, (דיג בים) חוט וקרס נוספים הקשורים לחוט הראשי‬
v. tr. - ‮קשר (שיער) בסרט, חיבר חוט לחכה‬


 
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