cowl
noun [ C ] uk/kaʊl/ us/kaʊl/
（尤指修士戴的）风帽，及肩斗篷
a large, loose covering for the head and sometimes shoulders, but not the face, worn especially by monks
His face was hidden deep inside the cowl of his monk's-style robe.
She lifted the cowl of her cloak.
烟囱帽，通风帽
a metal cover on the top of a chimney that helps smoke to go up it and prevents wind from blowing down it
It is not possible to install a gas log fire as it requires a chimney cowl.
Fitting a cowl to a chimney may help it to draw better.
- More examples
- He came on stage wearing a monk's cowl.
- The priest wore a cowl over his head.
- The rusting chimney cowls shown in this image are part of the historic streetscape.
- I live in a Victorian house with many chimney pots with terracotta cowls.
- A metal tag on the engine cowl was the only clue to the car's history.
- They replaced the aircraft's landing gear, repaired damaged cowls, and rebuilt the engines.
- Heat waves shimmered from the top of the silver engine cowls.