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Definitions for cowl
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hood, bonnet, cowl, cowlingnoun

    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. cowlverb

    a loose hood or hooded robe (as worn by a monk)

  3. cowlverb

    cover with or as with a cowl

    "cowl the boys and veil the girls"

GCIDE

  1. Cowlnoun

    (aviation) a removable metal covering for an aircraft engine, providing streamlining to minimize wind resistance; -- also called cowling.

  2. Cowlnoun

    a covering for a chimney or other ventilating shaft functioning to increase the draft.

Wiktionary

  1. cowlnoun

    A monk's hood or hooded robe

  2. cowlnoun

    A mask that covers the majority of the head.

  3. cowlnoun

    A metal protective covering that covers the engine; also cowling

  4. cowlnoun

    A ship's ventilator with a bell-shaped top which can be swivelled to catch the wind and force it below

  5. cowlnoun

    A vertical projection of a ship's funnel that directs the smoke away from the bridge

  6. cowlnoun

    A soe

  7. Etymology: From coule, from cule, from cugele, from cuculla," from cucullus.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. COWLnoun

    Etymology: cugle, Saxon; cucullus, Latin.

    You may imagine that Francis Cornfield did scratch his elbow, when he had sweetly invented, to signify his name, saint Francis with his friery cowl in a cornfield. William Camden, Rem.

    What differ more, you cry, than crown and cowl?
    I’ll tell you, friend, a wise man and a fool. Alexander Pope, Essays.

ChatGPT

  1. cowl

    A cowl is a large loose hood, often forming part of a monk's habit, or a covering for an engine, machine, etc., often designed to direct airflow or protect from dirt or weather. It can also refer to anything that conceals or protects, similar to how a hood functions.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Cowlnoun

    a monk's hood; -- usually attached to the gown. The name was also applied to the hood and garment together

  2. Cowlnoun

    a cowl-shaped cap, commonly turning with the wind, used to improve the draft of a chimney, ventilating shaft, etc

  3. Cowlnoun

    a wire cap for the smokestack of a locomotive

  4. Cowlnoun

    a vessel carried on a pole between two persons, for conveyance of water

  5. Etymology: [Cf. OF. cuvele, cuvel, dim. of F. cuve tub, vat, fr. L. cupa. See Cup.]

Wikidata

  1. Cowl

    The cowl is an item of clothing consisting of a long, hooded garment with wide sleeves. Originally it may have referred simply to the hooded portion of a cloak. In contemporary usage, however, it is distinguished from a cloak or cape by the fact that it refers to an entire closed garment. Today it is worn primarily by most Catholic and Anglican monks when participating in liturgical services. Developed during the early Middle Ages in Northern Europe, they became the formal garment for those in monastic life. Originally they were worn simply to give greater warmth than would an open cloak to people who regularly spent long hours in unheated and drafty churches.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Cowl

    kowl, n. a cap or hood: a monk's hood: the badge of monkhood: a monk: a cover for a chimney.—v.t. to make a monk of: to cover like a cowl.—adj. Cowled, wearing a cowl. [A.S. cufle; Ice. cofl; akin to L. cucullus, hood.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. cowl

    The cover of a funnel.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. COWL

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Cowl is ranked #139228 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Cowl surname appeared 120 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Cowl.

    92.5% or 111 total occurrences were White.
    4.1% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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  1. low C

  2. clow

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of cowl in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of cowl in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of cowl in a Sentence

  1. Kane Ray:

    In the A320 family, accidents and incidents range from fan-cowl detachment, landing gear collapse, bird strikes, right through to hull losses through pilot error, most aircraft have teething problems, and in most cases, these are eradicated. Very rarely, these issues cause disasters -- largely because of a culmination of factors that lead to the event.

  2. Kane Ray:

    In the A320 family, accidents and incidents range from fan-cowl detachment, landing gear collapse, bird strikes right through to hull-losses through pilot error, most aircraft have teething problems and in most cases these are eradicated. Very rarely, these issues cause disasters -- largely because of a culmination of factors that lead to the event.

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