cagoule
/kəˈɡuːl
/(also kagoul)
noun British
A lightweight, hooded, thigh-length waterproof jacket.‘Riot gear’ appears in the form of high collar jackets, balaclava hooded cagoules and glazed cotton para parkas....
- I was absolutely shattered, wearing a cagoule and a pair of sunglasses to hide the bags under my eyes.
- It was bucketing it down; the caravan site looked as if it had been hit by a mud slide; and we each needed two cardigans, a cagoule, thermal gloves and a balaclava to make it down to the seafront without contracting hypothermia.
Origin
1950s: from French, literally 'cowl'.
Rhymes
- class leader
- class-leading
- classless
- classlessness
- class list
- classmanship
- class mark
- class marriage
- classmate
- classmating
- class meaning
- class movement
- class name
- class notion
- class noun
- class number
- class pride
- class religion
- class reunion
- classroom
- classroom assistant
- class society
- class struggle
- class subject
- class suit