snood

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

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