snood

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. 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.
2. A small hairnet or cap worn by women to keep their hair in place.
3. The flap of erectile red skin on the beak of a male turkey.
4. A short line of horsehair, gut, monofilament, etc., by which a fishhook is attached to a longer (and usually heavier) line; a snell.
5. A piece of clothing to keep the neck warm; neckwarmer.

Verb

To keep the hair in place with a snood.

Concepts

crête

résille

caroncule

Synonymes

fillet

hairnet

hairband

hair ribbon

hair-net

head-band

Traductions

Haarnetz

Haarband

ταινία της κόμης

haarnetje

rede de cabelo

braga

redecilla

cintillo

moc

saç filesi

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/snuːd/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: snod

Hérité de ancien anglais: snōd

Appartenant à écossais: snuid

Appartenant à suédois: snod

Appartenant à Old Saxon: snōva

Appartenant à vieux norrois: snúa

Appartenant à anglais: needle

In summary

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.