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noun

• A monk's hood that can be pulled forward to cover the face; a robe with such a hood attached to it.

• A mask that covers the majority of the head.

• A thin protective covering over all or part of an engine; also cowling.

• A usually hood-shaped covering used to increase the draft of a chimney and prevent backflow.

• A ship's ventilator with a bell-shaped top which can be swivelled to catch the wind and force it below.

• A vertical projection of a ship's funnel that directs the smoke away from the bridge.

• (metonymy) A monk.

verb

• To cover with, or as if with, a cowl (hood).

• To wrap or form (something made of fabric) like a cowl.

• To make a monk of (a person).

noun

• A vessel carried on a pole, a soe.

noun

• A caul (the amnion which encloses the foetus before birth, especially that part of it which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth).