cowl
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
A monk's hood that can be pulled forward to cover the face; a robe with such a hood attached to it.
c. 1536, William Tyndale, An Exposycyon vpon the v. vi. vii. Chapters of Mathewe, An Exposycyon of the syxte Capiter, And therfore al our monkes whose professyon was neuer to eate fleshe, set vp the Pope and toke dispensacyons bothe for that faste and also for theyr strayte rules, and made theyr strayte rules as wyde as the hodes of theyr cowles.
- 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.
- 7.
(metonymically)(metonymic) A monk.
- 8.
(British, obsolete)A vessel carried on a pole, a soe.
- 9.
A caul (the amnion which encloses the foetus before birth, especially that part of it which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth).
1982, André Brink, A Chain of Voices, New York: William Morrow, Part 3, “Campher,” p. 331, […] I’d been born with a cowl, which from my earliest age prompted a wide variety of predictions about my future, alternately dire and enthusiastic.
Động từ
verb- 1.
To cover with, or as if with, a cowl (hood).
- 2.
To wrap or form (something made of fabric) like a cowl.
- 3.
(transitive)To make a monk of (a person).
- 4.
(Yorkshire)To scrape together
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(Mid-Ulster) cold
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From Middle English coule, from Old English cūle, from earlier cugele (hood, cowl), from cuculla (monk's cowl), from Latin cucullus (hood), of uncertain origin. cagoule.