snood

== English == === Alternative forms === snod, sneed === Etymology === From Middle English snod, from Old English snōd (“headdress, fillet, snood”), from Proto-West Germanic *snōdu, from Proto-Germanic *snōdō (“rope, string”), from Proto-Indo-European *snoh₁téh₂ (“yarn, thread”), from *sneh₁(i)- (“to twist, wind, weave, plait”). Cognate with Scots snuid (“snood”), Swedish snod, snodd (“twist, twine”). Compare also Old Saxon snōva (“necklace”), Old Norse snúa (“to turn, twist”), snúðr (“a twist, twirl”), English needle. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /snuːd/ Rhymes: -uːd === Noun === snood (plural snoods) A band or ribbon for keeping the hair in place, including the hair-band formerly worn in Scotland and northern England by young unmarried women. A small hairnet or cap worn by women to keep their hair in place. Hypernym: hairnet Hyponym: shpitzel The flap of erectile red skin on the beak of a male turkey. Coordinate terms: caruncle, comb, cockscomb, crest, wattle A short line of horsehair, gut, monofilament, etc., by which a fishhook is attached to a longer (and usually heavier) line; a snell. A piece of clothing to keep the neck warm; neckwarmer. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === snood (third-person singular simple present snoods, present participle snooding, simple past and past participle snooded) To keep the hair in place with a snood. 1792, Robert Burns, "Tam Lin" (a Scottish popular ballad) Janet has kilted her green kirtle A little aboon her knee, And she has snooded her yellow hair A little aboon her bree, ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === snood (headgear) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Ondos, donos, doons == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch snôde, from Old Dutch *snōthi, from Proto-Germanic *snauþuz (“bald, naked, poor”), from Proto-Indo-European *ksnéw-tu-s, from the root *ksnew- (“to scrape, sharpen”). Cognates include German schnöde and Old Norse snauðr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /snoːt/ Hyphenation: snood Rhymes: -oːt === Adjective === snood (comparative snoder, superlative snoodst) villanous and criminal ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== snodelijk