snood
/snuːd
/noun
1An ornamental hairnet or fabric bag worn over the hair at the back of a woman’s head: her blonde hair was held in place by a velvet-mesh snood...
- You can certainly have your professional hair designer add hair ornaments, hair jewelry, snoods or a tiara.
- The technique was commonly used for different kinds of headgear, such as caps, hoods, bonnets, hairnets and snoods, as well as for stockings, mittens, collars and sashes.
- Her hair she wore in a lace snood that let a few stray wisps of curly blonde hair fall into her face.
1.1 historical A ribbon or band worn by unmarried women in Scotland to confine their hair.
2A wide ring of knitted material worn as a hood or scarf.Flowing gowns with side-splits reveal slim-line trousers and overtly high necks have dangerously low backs, whilst knitted snoods and jumpers are layered over strapless columned dresses....
- The one on the right seems annoyed that he didn't have the same bright idea as the one on the left to wear a snood under his police jacket.
3A short line attaching a hook to a main line in sea fishing: a bit of silver paper wrapped on the snood often triggers a bite...
- Long-lining involves, as the name suggests, a long line to which several hooks are attached to by short snoods.
- If the bait spins it will inevitably tangle these short snoods and the baits will not be well presented.
- He was using a 50 lb mono hook snood and the fish shut its mouth and cut through the line almost clean.
Origin
Old English snōd, of unknown origin.