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cowled, ppl. a.
(kaʊld, poet. -ɪd)
[f. cowl n.1 and v. + -ed.]
1. Furnished with or wearing a cowl.
1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. iv. 87 The cowled Sophisters. 1591Sylvester Du Bartas i. v. 58 The Mytred Bishop, and the Cowled Fryer. c1750Shenstone Ruin'd Abbey 117 The cowl'd zealots. 1890Hosmer A.S. Freedom 95 Cowled and tonsured priests.
b. transf.
1794Martyn Rousseau's Bot. xxiv. 332 A little membrane on each side uniting to form a cowled tube. 1840E. E. Napier Scenes For. Lands II. vi. 234 The cowled monster [a cobra]. 1851Turner Dom. Archit. II. v. 234 To block up the cowled windows.
2. Bot. Shaped like a cowl, cucullate.
1828in Webster; and in mod. Dicts. |