Cowl, n.

n. [A-S. cuhle, cugle, cugele, Prov. Ger. kogel, gugel, O. Fr. coule, goule, Pr. cogula, Sp. cogulla, Pg. cogula, cucula, It. cucullo, L. Lat. cuculla, cucullio, cucullus, from Lat. cucullus, cap, hood.] 1. A monk’s hood or habit. What differ more, you cry, than crown and cowl! Pope. 2. A cowl-shaped cap for the top of chimneys, often movable with the direction of the wind. [Written also cow.] 3. A vessel carried on a pole betwixt two persons for the conveyance of water. Johnson.