Synonyms for cowl
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : koul |
| Phonetic Transcription : kaÊŠl |
Top 10 synonyms for cowl Other synonyms for the word cowl
Définition of cowl
Origin :- Old English cule, from earlier cugele, from Late Latin cuculla "monk's cowl," variant of Latin cucullus "hood, cowl," of uncertain origin. Cowling is 1917 in the aircraft sense.
- As in hood : noun covering worn over the head
- Whereupon I turned to the spying friar and said; 'Hand me your robe and cowl.'
- Extract from : « Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight » by Mathew Joseph Holt
- I had divested myself of my monk's habit, and cut away the cowl from Madonna's.
- Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini
- Frey Bartolomeo shot a fierce glance at him from under his cowl.
- Extract from : « In the Days of Drake » by J. S. Fletcher
- Meanwhile, remember our proverb that says, 'It's not the cowl makes the monk.'
- Extract from : « Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. » by Charles James Lever
- If you are still troubled, some other cowl must be causing it now.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 15, 1914 » by Various
- But he did not care for the low debaucheries, where the frock and cowl were at home.
- Extract from : « Short Studies on Great Subjects » by James Anthony Froude
- Better don a cowl at once, Ser Cioni: everybody will believe in your fasting.
- Extract from : « Romola » by George Eliot
- I recognized, under the cowl, the thin, sallow face and the sombre eyes.
- Extract from : « Margaret Tudor » by Annie T. Colcock
- Throughout Mexico, the cowl of the monk is the best passport a man could be provided with.
- Extract from : « The Free Lances » by Mayne Reid
- As it chances, we have with us one or two who once wore the cowl.
- Extract from : « The Free Lances » by Mayne Reid
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