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Snood

snood [snood]

-n

1. the distinctive headband formerly worn by young unmarried women in Scotland and northern England.


2. a headband for the hair.


3. a netlike hat or part of a hat or fabric that holds or covers the back of a woman's hair.


4. the pendulous skin over the beak of a turkey.

-v

to bind or confine (the hair) with a snood.

I can't decide if i prefer the traditional "worn by unmarried women" definition best or the one involving a turkey.