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cowl - What does it mean?

Definition of 'cowl'

English

(wikipedia)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A monk's hood or hooded robe
  • * Alexander Pope
  • What differ more, you cry, than crown and cowl ?
  • A mask that covers the majority of the head.
  • A thin protective covering over all or part of an engine; also cowling
  • A usually hood-shaped covering used to increase the draft of a chimney and prevent backflow.
  • (nautical) A ship's ventilator with a bell-shaped top which can be swivelled to catch the wind and force it below
  • (nautical) A vertical projection of a ship's funnel that directs the smoke away from the bridge
  • (obsolete|British) A soe
  • See also

    * (l) (cowl-shaped)

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    Similar to 'cowl'

    cool, cell, coal, call, col, cull, ceil, caul, chill, coil, coll, cal, cel, cill, choil, chiel, cawl