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cowl noun1 & verb.
[Old English cug(e)le, cule, corresp. to Middle Low German, Middle Dutch coghel, Old High German cucula, cugula, chugela (German Kugel, Kogel), from ecclesiastical Latin cuculla from Latin cucullus hood of a cloak. In Middle English reinforced by kuuele from Old English kufle and prob. by Old & mod. French coule.]
A. noun.
A hooded sleeveless garment worn by monks. Also, a full cloak with wide sleeves worn by members of Benedictine orders. OE.
The hood of such a garment. L16.
Monkhood, monasticism; a monk. M17.
Pope What differ more (you cry) than crown and cowl?
A vented covering fitted on top of a chimney or ventilation shaft to improve the draught. (Earlier as COW noun4.) E19.
Comb.: cowl neck a neck on a woman's garment that hangs in draped folds.
b. verb trans.
Clothe (as) with a monk's cowl; make a monk of. M16.
R. D. Blackmore Mountains, cowled with fog.
Draw over like a cowl. E19.
H. E. Bates A sort of black cloak..half like the garment, cowled over the head, that nuns or nurses wear.
cowled adjective wearing or provided with (something resembling) a cowl LME.