Dictionary entry

Hood (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Hood (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Hooded (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Hooding.] 1. To cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or hood-shaped appendage.

The friar hooded, and the monarch crowned. Pope.

2. 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.