cowl
Other forms: cowled; cowls
A cowl is a very loose neck or hood on a piece of clothing. Christian monks often wear a belted robe-like garment with a cowl.
Use the word cowl for the hood on a long, wide-sleeved garment, or to refer to the garment itself. The front of a cowl tends to be closed, rather than open like a cloak or a cape, and this was the reason cowls became the formal wear for monks during the Middle Ages — the closed cowl was warmer. Catholic and Anglican monks still wear cowls today. The Latin root of cowl is cucullus, or "hood."
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a loose hood or hooded robe (as worn by a monk)type of:hooda headdress that protects the head and face
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protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine“the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine”type of:protection, protective cover, protective coveringa covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury
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cover with or as with a cowl“cowl the boys and veil the girls”type of:coverprovide with a covering or cause to be covered
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