Snod

Part of speech: adjective, verb

Definitions

1. To tie or fasten by a knot; to secure by interlocking loops or bends of rope or cord; a fastening made by twisting or tying strands together
2. The act of creating a fastening by looping or intertwining material tightly; to fasten securely by intertwining strands or loops; a joint formed by tying or twisting fibers
3. To form a secure binding by knotting strands together; an attachment made by interlacing or twisting cordage; the process or result of binding or fastening with a knot

Etymology: "Snod" is closely tied to "snood," a word that began in Old English as "snōd," meaning a headband or fillet. The connection is one of close kinship between a binding and the neatness it produces. In Scots and northern English dialect, "snod" came to describe something trim, tidy, and smartly put together, and the related sense of binding or fastening something snugly follows the same idea of drawing loose material into a firm, orderly shape. The snood itself has a memorable social history in Scotland, where it was a ribbon or net that bound a young woman's hair. Wearing one was traditionally a sign of an unmarried girl, and the phrase "to lose one's snood" was a way of saying a woman had married. The word therefore carries both a physical act of tying and a long association with a neat, bound appearance.