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. Sir W. Scott.
A short line (often of horsehair) connecting a fishing line with the hook; a snell; a leader.
To bind or braid up, as the hair, with a snood. [Scot.]
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