Uncowl

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To divest or deprive of a cowl (monk's hood or hooded robe). transitive

    "See’st thou an Isle, by Palmers, Pilgrims trod, Men bearded, bald, cowl’d, uncowl’d, shod, unshod,"

  2. 2
    To uncover; to unveil. archaic, figuratively, transitive

    "1797, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Osorio, London: John Pearson, 1873, Act I, p. 24, I pray you, think us friends—uncowl your face, For you seem faint, and the night-breeze blows healing."

  3. 3
    To remove or pull back one's cowl.

    "“Monseigneur, it is not often your capuchin uncowls; least of all when he wishes to remain unknown! […]”"

  4. 4
    To remove the cowl (protective covering) from (an engine). transitive

    "[…] uncowling the airplane before each flight is neither practical nor expected. In fact, uncowling such an airplane repeatedly may wear the latching or fastening devices."

Example

More examples

"See’st thou an Isle, by Palmers, Pilgrims trod, Men bearded, bald, cowl’d, uncowl’d, shod, unshod,"

Etymology

From un- + cowl.

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