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Definitions for Cowling

[1] a streamlined metal housing or removable covering for an engine, especially an aircraft engine, often part of or forming a continuous line with the fuselage or wing.
[2] a hooded garment worn by monks.
[3] the hood of this garment.
[4] part of a garment that is draped to resemble a cowl or hood.
[5] the forward part of the body of a motor vehicle supporting the rear of the hood and the windshield and housing the pedals and instrument panel.
[6] a cowling.
[7] a hoodlike covering for increasing the draft of a chimney or ventilator.
[8] a wire netting fastened to the top of the smokestack of a locomotive to prevent large sparks from being discharged; a spark arrester.
[9] to cover with or as if with a cowl.
[10] to put a monk's cowl on.
[11] to make a monk of.
[12] a streamlined metal covering, esp one fitted around an aircraft engine Also called: cowl Compare fairing 1
[13] a hood, esp a loose one
[14] the hooded habit of a monk
[15] a cover fitted to a chimney to increase ventilation and prevent draughts
[16] the part of a car body that supports the windscreen and the bonnet
[17] aeronautics another word for cowling
[18] to cover or provide with a cowl
[19] to make a monk of

Words nearby Cowling

cowl, cowl neckline, cowled, cowley, cowlick, cowling, cowlitz, cowlneck, cowman, coworker, coworking

Origin of Cowling

before 1000; Middle English cou(e)le, Old English cugele, cūle < Late Latin cuculla monk's hood, variant of Latin cucullus hood

Word origin for Cowling

Old English cugele, from Late Latin cuculla cowl, from Latin cucullus covering, cap, hood