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Meaning of cowl

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  cowl
      n 1: protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers
           the engine; "there are powerful engines under the hoods of
           new cars"; "the mechanic removed the cowling in order to
           repair the plane's engine" [syn: {hood}, {bonnet}, {cowl},
           {cowling}]
      2: a loose hood or hooded robe (as worn by a monk)
      v 1: cover with or as with a cowl; "cowl the boys and veil the
           girls"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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