cowling
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lɪŋ noun
a streamlined metal housing or removable covering for an engine, especially an aircraft engine, often part of or forming a continuous line with the fuselage or wing.
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noun
1.
a hooded garment worn by monks.
2.
the hood of this garment.
3.
part of a garment that is draped to resemble a cowl or hood.
4.
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.
5.
a cowling.
verb (used with object)
8.
to cover with or as if with a cowl.
9.
to put a monk's cowl on.
10.
to make a monk of.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English cou(e)le, Old English cugele, cūle < Late Latin cuculla monk's hood, variant of Latin cucullus hood
before 1000; Middle English cou(e)le, Old English cugele, cūle < Late Latin cuculla monk's hood, variant of Latin cucullus hood
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cowl (kaʊl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a hood, esp a loose one |
| 2. | the hooded habit of a monk |
| 3. | a cover fitted to a chimney to increase ventilation and prevent draughts |
| 4. | the part of a car body that supports the windscreen and the bonnet |
| 5. | aeronautics another word for cowling |
| —vb | |
| 6. | to cover or provide with a cowl |
| 7. | to make a monk of |
| [Old English cugele, from Late Latin cuculla cowl, from Latin cucullus covering, cap, hood] | |
| cowling (ˈkaʊlɪŋ) | |
| —n | |
| Compare fairing Also called: cowl a streamlined metal covering, esp one fitted around an aircraft engine | |
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Word Origin & History
cowl
O.E. cule, from earlier cugele, from L.L. cuculla "monk's cowl," var. of L. cucullus "hood," of uncertain origin.
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Example sentences
But inspectors found no signs that the engines had failed or ingested birds or thrown a turbine blade through the cowling.
Placing the registration stickers on places other than the right and left side of the cowling invalidates the registration.
The only recognizable part of the plane was an engine cowling that had been thrown sixty yards behind the wreck.
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