cowl

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: koul, IPA(key): /kaʊl/
  • Rhymes: -aʊl, -aʊəl

Etymology 1

From Middle English coule, from Old English cūle, from earlier cugele (“hood, cowl”), from Ecclesiastical Latin cuculla (“monk's cowl”), from Latin cucullus (“hood”), of uncertain origin.

Noun

cowl (plural cowls)

  1. A monk's hood or hooded robe
    • Alexander Pope
      What differ more, you cry, than crown and cowl?
  2. A mask that covers the majority of the head.
  3. A thin protective covering over all or part of an engine; also cowling
  4. A usually hood-shaped covering used to increase the draft of a chimney and prevent backflow.
  5. (nautical) A ship's ventilator with a bell-shaped top which can be swivelled to catch the wind and force it below
  6. (nautical) A vertical projection of a ship's funnel that directs the smoke away from the bridge
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Etymology 2

From Middle English cuuel, from Old French cuvel (“vat”), diminutive of cuve, from Latin cūpa (“tub, cask, tun, vat”).

Noun

cowl (plural cowls)

  1. (obsolete, Britain) A vessel carried on a pole, a soe

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