\Snood\, n. [AS. sn[=o]d. Cf. Snare.]
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.                         --Sir W.
                                               Scott.
2. A short line (often of horsehair) connecting a fishing
   line with the hook; a snell; a leader.

\Snood\, v. t.
To bind or braid up, as the hair, with a snood. [Scot.]