cowl
/kaʊl
/noun
1A large loose hood, especially one forming part of a monk’s habit.The scapula was meant to protect the chemise, and had a built in hood or cowl....
- His cowl has a vaguely avian appearance, with a visor in the shape of a beak.
- No face was visible from beneath the depths of the cowls.
1.1A monk’s hooded, sleeveless habit.Anyone who ever did know the man behind the hooded cowl died long ago and in a horrible fashion....
- Then, an army of warriors and men dressed in black cowls came from the direction of Plunder castle and sacked the town.
- It was dressed in the black cowl of a priest.
1.2A cloak with wide sleeves worn by members of Benedictine orders.
2The hood-shaped covering of a chimney or ventilation shaft.I told the council about this and they came down and put a cowl on the chimney....
- Remove the top of the roof cowl by loosening the bolts.
- These cowls would be used where rain and/or birds or other pests are a problem.
3 another term for cowling.Externally, the most noticeable difference between the 172 and the 175 is the slight hump on the engine cowl behind the propeller....
- In order to ensure a very smooth fuselage line, the windscreen started immediately behind the cowl.
- From the landing gear, a single bracing wire extended into the cowl and was fixed to the motor mount.
Derivatives
cowled
- They all fell silent as a tall older man wearing a black cowled robe stepped down in front of the rows of benches…
- Within its tomb-like confines stood four faceless forms shrouded in the folds of richly woven and cowled black robes.
- Suddenly a cowled man appeared above him, chanting in a strange language.
Origin
Old English cugele, cūle, from ecclesiastical Latin cuculla, from Latin cucullus 'hood of a cloak'.