snood (snod)

[Also dial. (in sense 2) sneed; IMG:content-1413.jpg:[blocks in formation] 2. In angling , a hair-line, gut, or silk cord by which a fish-hook is fastened to the line; a snell; a leader or trace. Also sneed . [Prov. Eng. and Scotch.]-3. One of the short lines of a bul- tow to which the hooks are attached: also called by fishermen ganging . The snoods are 6 feet long, and placed at intervals of 12 feet. sncod (snöd), v. t. [ Hae ye brought me a braid o' lace, To snood up my gowden hair? Sweet William and May Margaret (Child's Ballads, II. 153). 2. To tie, fasten, or affix, as an anglers' hook when the end of the line or gut-loop is seized on to the shank of the hook.