cowl
A monk's hood that can be pulled forward to cover the faceA monk's hood that can be pulled forward to cover the face; a robe with such a hood attached to it.
» The cowl does not make the monk.
Die Kutte macht nicht den Mönch.
Значение
значений: 9A monk's hood that can be pulled forward to cover the face; a robe with such a hood attached to it.
Mönchskutte, Kutte
капюшо́нkapjušón
a loose hood or hooded robe (as worn by a monk)
A mask that covers the majority of the head.
A thin protective covering over all or part of an engine; also cowling.
капо́тkapót
protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine
A usually hood-shaped covering used to increase the draft of a chimney and prevent backflow.
Schornsteinaufsatz
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.
(метонимически)A monk.
A caul (the amnion which encloses the foetus before birth, especially that part of it which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth).
(Британия, устаревшее)A vessel carried on a pole, a soe.
Примеры
предложений: 3The cowl does not make the monk.
deDie Kutte macht nicht den Mönch.
My sister crocheted a cowl for me.
Mary wore a cowl neck sweater to the party.
Переводы
языков: 7По значениям 2
По значениям 2
Происхождение
From Middle English coule, from Old English cūle, from earlier cugele (“hood, cowl”), fromFrom Middle English coule, from Old English cūle, from earlier cugele (“hood, cowl”), from Ecclesiastical Latin cuculla (“monk's cowl”), from Latin cucullus (“hood”), of uncertain origin. Doublet of cagoule.
From Middle English coul, covel, from Old French cuvel (“vat”), diminutive of cuve, from Latin cūpa (“tub, cask, tun, vat”).
See caul, probably altered due to semantic association (“something covering the head”).
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