hood, bonnet, cowl, cowling -- (protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine; "there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars"; "the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine")
cowl -- (a loose hood or hooded robe (as worn by a monk))
Overview of verb cowl
The verb cowl has 1 sense
cowl -- (cover with or as with a cowl; "cowl the boys and veil the girls")