Cowl has 7 different meanings across 2 categories:
Noun
· Verb
Noun
1
protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine
"there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars"
"the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine"
2
a loose hood or hooded robe (as worn by a monk)
3
A monk's hood that can be pulled forward to cover the face; a robe with such a hood attached to it.
4
A vessel carried on a pole, a soe.
5
A caul (the amnion which encloses the foetus before birth, especially that part of it which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth).
Verb
1
cover with or as with a cowl
"cowl the boys and veil the girls"
2
To cover with, or as if with, a cowl (hood).
Example Sentences
"there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars"
noun
"the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine"
noun
"cowl the boys and veil the girls"
verb
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)