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[ koul ] / kaʊl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR cowl ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna hooded garment worn by monks. the hood of this garment. part of a garment that is draped to resemble a cowl or hood. the forward part of the body of a motor vehicle supporting the rear of the hood and the windshield and housing the pedals and instrument panel. a cowling. a hoodlike covering for increasing the draft of a chimney or ventilator. a wire netting fastened to the top of the smokestack of a locomotive to prevent large sparks from being discharged; a spark arrester. verb (used with object)to cover with or as if with a cowl. to put a monk's cowl on. Origin of cowlbefore 1000; Middle English cou(e)le,Old English cugele, cūle<Late Latin cuculla monk's hood, variant of Latin cucullus hood Words nearby cowlCowichan sweater, cowinner, cowitch, cowk, cow killer, cowl, cowled, Cowley, cowlick, cow lily, cowling Definition for cowl (2 of 2)[ koul ] / kaʊl /
nounJane, 1884–1950, U.S. actress and playwright. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cowlThe Capucins themselves are disposed in niches, and each has a text from Scripture over his cowl. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846|Various The peak of a cowl shot straight above his head, and the curtains of it covered his face. Rest Harrow|Maurice Hewlett His cowl was pushed back to his shoulders, baring the astonishment of his lean face. The Lady of Fort St. John|Mary Hartwell Catherwood A low, merry laugh came out of the Monk's cowl, and the Huguenotte let her form sink a little in her chair with a gentle sigh. The Grandissimes|George Washington Cable
He wore a long serge gown, with a cowl, like a mendicant monk, and as they approached he put out his open hand for alms. Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape From the Brigand's of Greece|Bracebridge Hemyng
British Dictionary definitions for cowl
nouna hood, esp a loose one the hooded habit of a monk a cover fitted to a chimney to increase ventilation and prevent draughts the part of a car body that supports the windscreen and the bonnet aeronautics another word for cowling verb (tr)to cover or provide with a cowl to make a monk of Word Origin for cowlOld English cugele, from Late Latin cuculla cowl, from Latin cucullus covering, cap, hood Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to cowlkerchief, mantle, veil, shawl, bonnet, protector, hat, wimple, purdah, yashmak, babushka, mantilla, coif, capuchin, capuche |