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A cowl is an item of clothing consisting of a long, hooded garment with wide sleeves, often worn by monks. It was developed during the Early Middle Ages. The term may have originally referred to the hooded portion of a cloak, though contemporary usage refers to an entire closed garment. A cowl is traditionally bestowed upon the monk at the time ...
Cowl or cowling, a removable protective covering over all or part of an engine. Cowl (chimney), a device fitted to a chimney pot to prevent wind blowing the smoke back down into the room beneath. Cowl (oast), the revolving device found on oasts, maltings, and breweries. Cowl unit, a body style for locomotives.
Cowl (chimney) A cowl is a usually hood-shaped covering used to increase the draft of a chimney and prevent backflow. The cowl, usually made of galvanized iron, is fitted to the chimney pot to prevent wind blowing the smoke back down into the room below. Undoubtedly named after the resemblance of many designs to the cowl garment worn by monks ...
Cowl is a 2004 science fiction novel by British writer Neal Asher. The novel deals with time travel and an epic time war between two factions from the 43rd century. [ 1 ] Asher first started working on the novel as a novella named Cowl At The Beginning , which he eventually developed into the full novel Cowl .
Description. Close-up on Arisarum vulgare. Arisarum vulgare reaches on average 10–30 centimetres (3.9–11.8 in) of height. The leaves of this geophyte plant are basal only, wide, ovate to arrow-shaped, with a petiole 12–15 centimetres (4.7–5.9 in) long. The stems are erect and unbranched, usually mottled and grow directly from the ...
Dorade boxes operate on the principle that air can pass relatively freely through the chambers, yet rain or sea wash will be trapped in successive chambers and drain out of the small holes in the sides of the box. The principle can be applied to other forms. For example, one variant has a circular layout with the baffles as concentric rings.
A cowl unit is a diesel locomotive with full-width, enclosing bodywork, similar in appearance to the cab unit -style of earlier locomotives, such as the EMD F-units of the 1940s and 1950s. The term cowl unit is of North American origin, although similarly-styled locomotives exist elsewhere. Unlike a cab unit, whose body is both an enclosure and ...
A cowling is the removable covering of a vehicle's engine, most often found on automobiles, motorcycles, airplanes, and on outboard boat motors. On airplanes, cowlings are used to reduce drag and to cool the engine. On boats, cowlings are a cover for an outboard motor. In addition to protecting the engine, outboard motor cowlings need to admit ...