cowlingn.

Brit.

/ˈkaʊlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈkaʊlɪŋ/

Etymology: < cowl n.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

The removable covering over or round the engine, etc., of an aeroplane or a motor vehicle. Cf. engine cowling n. at engine n. Compounds 1a.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > body or bodywork > covering over specific parts

cowling1917

sump guard1957

society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > means of propulsion > [noun] > aircraft engine > cowling

cowling1917

1917 Blackwood's Mag. June 925/2 While attempting to fasten a small door in the cowling round the engine.

1927 Daily Tel. 22 Jan. 9/3 Captain Campbell quickly had the car back on its course, but the cowling of his engine was badly dented.

1928 C. F. S. Gamble Story N. Sea Air Station ii. 55 A piece of tin in the inside of the engine cowling had come adrift.

1934 Flight 8 Feb. 133/1 Apart from rotary engines, the only air-cooled engine of pre-war days which used cowling was the eight-cylinder Vee Renault.

1973 Modelworld Feb. 292/1 On the first prototype (D-IKVN) these stacks were quite short, being almost flush with the cowling.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cowling
释义	cowlingn. Brit. /ˈkaʊlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkaʊlɪŋ/ Etymology: < cowl n.¹ + -ing suffix¹. The removable covering over or round the engine, etc., of an aeroplane or a motor vehicle. Cf. engine cowling n. at engine n. Compounds 1a. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > body or bodywork > covering over specific parts cowling1917 sump guard1957 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > means of propulsion > [noun] > aircraft engine > cowling cowling1917 1917 Blackwood's Mag. June 925/2 While attempting to fasten a small door in the cowling round the engine. 1927 Daily Tel. 22 Jan. 9/3 Captain Campbell quickly had the car back on its course, but the cowling of his engine was badly dented. 1928 C. F. S. Gamble Story N. Sea Air Station ii. 55 A piece of tin in the inside of the engine cowling had come adrift. 1934 Flight 8 Feb. 133/1 Apart from rotary engines, the only air-cooled engine of pre-war days which used cowling was the eight-cylinder Vee Renault. 1973 Modelworld Feb. 292/1 On the first prototype (D-IKVN) these stacks were quite short, being almost flush with the cowling. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1917
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