cowl
English
/kaʊl/
noun
Definitions
- A monk's hood that can be pulled forward to cover the face; a robe with such a hood attached to it.
- A mask that covers the majority of the head.
- A thin protective covering over all or part of an engine; also cowling.
- A usually hood-shaped covering used to increase the draft of a chimney and prevent backflow.
- (nautical) A ship's ventilator with a bell-shaped top which can be swivelled to catch the wind and force it below.
- (nautical) A vertical projection of a ship's funnel that directs the smoke away from the bridge.
- (metonymy) A monk.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English coule inherited from Old English cūle derived from Latin cuculla (hood), cucullus (hood, cowl, covering for the head, conical wrapper).
Origin
Latin
cucullus
Gloss
hood, cowl, covering for the head, conical wrapper
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cowled English
- cowlless English
- cowlneck English
- cowlstaff English
- encowl English
- neck English
- staff English
- uncowl English
- *cuculliāta Latin
- *cuculullius Latin
- cuculla Latin
- cucullatus Latin
- cucullus Latin
- coccolucio Italian
- cucuruccio Italian
- capullo Spanish, Castilian
- cogollo Spanish, Castilian
- cogulla Spanish, Castilian
- cucurucho Spanish, Castilian
- descogollar Spanish, Castilian
- *kuH-l- Proto-Indo-European
- cūle Old English
- coule Middle English
- κούκλα Greek (modern)
- κούκλος Greek (modern)
- chugela, cugula, cucala Old High German
- cochall Old Irish
- ciucca Sicilian
- κούκλα gkm