I have to give it to Elizabeth Clark. She addressed something I’ve avoided like the plague ever since the “To Net, or Not to Net” article…. the word “snood” actually existing in the 19th century. Check out her article “Getting Snoody”. She addresses nicely how the word snood actually refers to a ribbon rather than a net. Major Kudos.
I’ll admit, I dreaded trying to explain why nets are nets, not snoods but snoods did exist. I just figured it was too complicated and would confuse people. Bad, bad me. Then time rolled on and I got interested in other topics. Bad, bad me. Now, I really wish I had my binders with me so I could pull out the definition that uses the word snood as a verb. My stressed brain isn’t even pulling the name of the dictionary to the surface. I just recall this nice explanation of the word as a verb as I looked through the magnifying glass at this dictionary I would never be able to afford myself. With a lack of that excerpt, take a look at this on from the Scottish Dictionary and supplement, vol 2 from 1841 with the verb part noted in red:
If I Had My Own Blue Box: 
You’re not bad, not even a little! Revisiting topics just gives us all more resources to see… because I did *not* come across that 1841 Scottish dictionary entry, and now I’m tickled pink!
Far from being bad, I’d say you’re more in the “way cool” category. 🙂
Thanks, Liz.
As soon as I can get my hands on that other definition I’ll share it. Granted that page is in a binder in a box in a pile in a storage unit in another state. 😉
As soon as my hair gets a wee bit longer, I plan to snude it constantly at work. I’m so sick of blowdrying every AM. :-))))
I very much like this post because I think we need to constantly update all of our information when new sources surface.
I think we are all afraid to use the word “snood” because the meaning of the word has changed since then and has come to describe something that did not exist then.
Bright-colored nylon snoods are a big pet-peeve of mine. The words “hair-net” and “head-dress” appear to be far more common. Most period references to “snoods” are referring to fishing gear or Scottish hair ribbons (mostly in poetry.)
I have also seen the words “snod,” “snude,” and “snodde,” referring to “snoods.”
😀 I’ll wait for the final verdict.