Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A covering.
  • noun The strip of leather that connects the two parts of a flail.

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  • verb Present participle of hood.

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Examples

  • We haven't done it yet but I think robin hooding your buddy's arrow during a shoot would be great.

    Shooting a "Double Robin Hood" 2009

  • We haven't done it yet but I think robin hooding your buddy's arrow during a shoot would be great.

    Shooting a "Double Robin Hood" 2009

  • A 1978 ruling by the European Court of Human Rights found that "stress positions," "hooding," and sleep deprivation did not, in fact, constitute torture.

    A Tortured Rationale 2009

  • Following that stellar legal advice, then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, with Yoo's encouragement, officially approved "hooding," "exploitation of phobias," "stress positions," "deprivations of light and auditory stimuli" and the other horrors that the scandals of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo would burn into the legacy of the United States.

    Robert Scheer: The Tortured Law on Torture 2008

  • They banned the unnecessary "hooding" of detainees in February, before the scandalous photos from inside Abu Ghraib came to light.

    The Decent Thing 2008

  • As for "stress positions" allowed for a time by the Pentagon, such as hooding, sleep deprivation or exposure to heat and cold, they are psychological techniques designed to break a detainee, but light years away from actual torture.

    The Real 'Torture' Disgrace 2008

  • On the other hand, I hoped we would get the same kind of hooding that the honorary doctorates received, but nope.

    Archive 2007-05-01 Field Notes 2007

  • On the other hand, I hoped we would get the same kind of hooding that the honorary doctorates received, but nope.

    Graduation! Field Notes 2007

  • On December 2, 2002, Rumsfeld formally okayed coercive punishments such as "hooding," "stress positions," "exploitation of phobias," "deprivation of light and auditory stimuli" and other tactics long forbidden by the Army Field Manual, Mayer wrote.

    Many High Bush Officials Broke Laws Against Torture 2006

  • As his doctoral advisor, I had the pleasure of 'hooding' Bill at Commencement.

    Dangerously Irrelevant 2010

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