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  (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.]


 
 


a flap of skin that hangs from the top of a turkey's beak
 
WordNet: snood
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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


 
Wikipedia: snood (headgear)
19th Century painting of a woman wearing a snood (by Adolph Menzel)
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19th Century painting of a woman wearing a snood (by Adolph Menzel)

A snood is a type of headgear, worn by women over their long hair. In the most common modern 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.

The word is first recorded in Old English from around 725 (OED) 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 (OED). It was usually braided into the hair.

Snoods came back into fashion in the 19th century, when they were worn under the hats that well-dressed ladies wore at all times in public. They 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.

In the 1980s, Nik Kershaw was partly responsible for making the snood fashionable yet again.

Today snoods are also worn by many married Orthodox Jewish women.


 
Translations: Translations for: Snood

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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