Hood

Definition of Hood

Pronunciation: hŎd

State; condition.

How could thou ween, through that disguised hood
To hide thy state from being understood?

- Spenser.

(Falconry) A covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often attached to the body garment

(Ord.) Anything resembling a hood in form or use

(Shipbuilding) The endmost plank of a strake which reaches the stem or stern.

v. t.

To cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or hood-shaped appendage.

[imp. & p. p. Hooded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hooding.]

The friar hooded, and the monarch crowned.

- Pope.

To cover; to hide; to blind.

While grace is saying, I'll hood mine eyes
Thus with my hat, and sigh and say, "Amen."

- Shak.

Hooding end
(Shipbuilding) the end of a hood where it enters the rabbet in the stem post or stern post.

Same as hoodlum.

Same as neighborhood.

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