Cowl

1. A monk's hood that can be pulled forward to cover the face; a robe with such a hood attached to it.
2. A mask that covers the majority of the head.
3. A thin protective covering over all or part of an engine; also cowling.
4. A usually hood-shaped covering used to increase the draft of a chimney and prevent backflow.
5. A ship's ventilator with a bell-shaped top which can be swivelled to catch the wind and force it below.
6. A vertical projection of a ship's funnel that directs the smoke away from the bridge.
7. (metonymy) A monk.

1. To cover with, or as if with, a cowl (hood).
2. To wrap or form (something made of fabric) like a cowl.
3. To make a monk of (a person).

noun

A vessel carried on a pole, a soe.

noun

A caul (the amnion which encloses the foetus before birth, especially that part of it which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth).