Cowled
adj, verb
adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of cowl form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Wearing a cowl; hooded. not-comparable
"She had thrown a shawl about her and, as they went together towards the tram, sprays of her fresh warm breath flew gaily above her cowled head and her shoes tapped blithely on the glassy road."
- 2 Fitted with a cowl. (of a chimney) not-comparable
"1977, Richard Adams, The Plague Dogs, Penguin, 1978, Fit 6, p. 234, There were […] drifts of wood-smoke blowing from cowled chimneys."
- 3 Cucullated. not-comparable
Adjective
- 1 having the head enclosed in a cowl or hood wordnet
Example
More examples"She had thrown a shawl about her and, as they went together towards the tram, sprays of her fresh warm breath flew gaily above her cowled head and her shoes tapped blithely on the glassy road."
Etymology
From cowl + -ed.
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