Free translatorFree translator
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Snood   Listen
noun
Snood  n.  
1.
The fillet which binds the hair of a young unmarried woman, and is emblematic of her maiden character. (Scot.) "And seldom was a snood amid Such wild, luxuriant ringlets hid."
2.
A short line (often of horsehair) connecting a fishing line with the hook; a snell; a leader.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |




"Snood" Quotes from Famous Books



... watchman, Harald, now May bind the silk snood on his brow— Seven provinces he seized. The realm Prospers with Hakon ...
— Heimskringla - The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway • Snorri Sturluson
... where have you been? Long hae we sought baith holt and den,— By linn, by ford, and greenwood tree! Yet you are halesome and fair to see. Where got you that joup o' the lily sheen? That bonny snood o' the birk sae green, And those roses, the fairest that ever was seen? Kilmeny, Kilmeny, where have ...
— Kilmeny of the Orchard • Lucy Maud Montgomery


Words linked to "Snood" :   mesh, network, meshing


Copyright © 2024 Free Translator.org