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cowl
1[ koul ]
noun
- a 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.
- to make a monk of.
Cowl
2[ koul ]
noun
- Jane, 1884–1950, U.S. actress and playwright.
cowl
/ kaʊl /
noun
- a 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
- to cover or provide with a cowl
- to make a monk of
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Example Sentences
The man without fear of signing any role might struggle with the cowl-induced gravitas of Batman.
There was some sort of a phonograph device under the cowl of that get-away car, and this was hooked up to the radio switch.
His cowl was thrown back, revealing his pale, ascetic countenance and shaven head.
A sharp eye was kept on all arrivals from abroad, and a friar, fresh from Portugal, was hanged in his cowl at Limerick.
His cowl had half-fallen back, and made a strange excrescence on either side of his bull-neck.
Yes—here he was slain—but it was because he refused to take the cowl, and finish his days in a monastery.
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