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cowl (ko̵ul)

noun

    1. a monk's hood
    2. a monk's cloak with a hood
  2. something shaped like a cowl; esp.,
    1. a hood-shaped metal cover for the top of a chimney, used to increase the draft
    2. the part of an automobile body to which the windshield and dashboard are fastened
    3. a cowling

Etymology: ME coule < OE cugle < LL(Ec) cuculla < L cucullus, cap, hood < ? IE base *(s)keu-, to cover > sky

transitive verb

to put a cowl on; cover with or as with a cowl
cowl2 definition

cowl (kōl, ko̵̅o̅l)

noun

a large, two-handled tub for carrying water, usually borne on a pole

Etymology: ME covel < OFr cuvele or OE cufel, cyfl, both < LL cupella, dim. of L cupa, vat, tub: see cup

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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