COWL

cowl

(noun) a loose hood or hooded robe (as worn by a monk)

hood, bonnet, cowl, cowling

(noun) protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine; “there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars”; “the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane’s engine”

cowl

(verb) cover with or as with a cowl; “cowl the boys and veil the girls”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

cowl (plural cowls)

A monk's hood that can be pulled forward to cover the face; a robe with such a hood attached to it.

A mask that covers the majority of the head.

A thin protective covering over all or part of an engine; also cowling.

A usually hood-shaped covering used to increase the draft of a chimney and prevent backflow.

(nautical) A ship's ventilator with a bell-shaped top which can be swivelled to catch the wind and force it below.

(nautical) A vertical projection of a ship's funnel that directs the smoke away from the bridge.

(metonymy) A monk.

Verb

cowl (third-person singular simple present cowls, present participle cowling, simple past and past participle cowled)

To cover with, or as if with, a cowl (hood).

To wrap or form (something made of fabric) like a cowl.

(transitive) To make a monk of (a person).

Etymology 2

Noun

cowl (plural cowls)

(obsolete, British) A vessel carried on a pole, a soe.

Etymology 3

Noun

cowl (plural cowls)

A caul (the amnion which encloses the foetus before birth, especially that part of it which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth).

Anagrams

• Clow, low C

Source: Wiktionary

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Cowl (koul), n. Etym: [AS cuhle, cugle, cugele; cf. dial. G. kogel, gugel, OF. coule, goule; all fr. LL. cuculla, cucullus, fr. L. cucullus cap, hood; perh. akin to celare to conceal, cella cell. Cf. Cucullate.]

1. A monk's hood; -- usually attached to the gown. The nname was also applied to the hood and garment together. What differ more, you cry, than crown and cowl Pope.

2. A cowl-shaped cap, commonly turning with the wind, used to improve the draft of a chimney, ventilatingshaft, etc.

3. A wire cap for the smokestack of a locomotive.

Cowl, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. cuvele, cuvel, dim. of F. cuve tub, vat, fr. L. cupa. See Cup.]

Definition: A vessel carried on a pole between two persons, for conveyance of water. Johnson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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