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Scotland
: a fillet or band for a woman's hair
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: a net or fabric bag pinned or tied on at the back of a woman's head for holding the hair
2
: snell
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: a fleshy protuberance at the base of the bill of a turkey
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Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 21 Mar. 2025
Mature males grow long, glorious, pendulous snoods.
—Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 21 Mar. 2025
Make sure to layer yours beneath sweeping coats and luxe accessories, like snoods and scarves.
—Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024
And here, Chappell wears a black snood, black corset, black lace gloves, and black boots, all balanced atop brown hooves.
—Jennifer Culp, Them, 26 June 2024
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Noun
Turkey snoods signal dominance to both hens and gobblers alike.
—Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 21 Mar. 2025
Mature males grow long, glorious, pendulous snoods.
—Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 21 Mar. 2025
Make sure to layer yours beneath sweeping coats and luxe accessories, like snoods and scarves.
—Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024
And here, Chappell wears a black snood, black corset, black lace gloves, and black boots, all balanced atop brown hooves.
—Jennifer Culp, Them, 26 June 2024
See All Example Sentences for snood
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“Snood.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snood. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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