n. [ AS. cuhle, cugle, cugele; cf. dial. G. kogel, gugel, OF. coule, goule; all fr. LL. cuculla, cucullus, fr. L. cucullus cap, hood; perh. akin to celare to conceal, cella cell. Cf. Cucullate. ] 1. A monk's hood; -- usually attached to the gown. The name was also applied to the hood and garment together. [ 1913 Webster ]

What differ more, you cry, than crown and cowl? Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A cowl-shaped cap, commonly turning with the wind, used to improve the draft of a chimney, ventilating shaft, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A wire cap for the smokestack of a locomotive. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (aviation) a removable metal covering for an aircraft engine, providing streamlining to minimize wind resistance; -- also called cowling. [ PJC ]

5. a covering for a chimney or other ventilating shaft functioning to increase the draft. [ PJC ]

n. [ Cf. OF. cuvele, cuvel, dim. of F. cuve tub, vat, fr. L. cupa. See Cup. ] A vessel carried on a pole between two persons, for conveyance of water. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wearing a cowl; hooded; as, a cowled monk. “That cowled churchman.” Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 2d cow + leech a physician. ] One who heals diseases of cows; a cow doctor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Healing the distemper of cows. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A tuft of hair turned up or awry (usually over the forehead), as if licked by a cow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Resembling a cow. [ 1913 Webster ]

With cowlike udders and with oxlike eyes. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cowl a vessel + staff. ] A staff or pole on which a vessel is supported between two persons. Suckling. [ 1913 Webster ]