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cowling

noun

Etymology

Variant of Colling, a personal name which denoted an early owner of the properties.

  1. inherited from cūna — “cows', of cows”
  2. inherited from kyne
  3. inherited from *gʷṓws✻
  4. inherited from *kōz✻
  5. inherited from *kō✻
  6. inherited from cū
  7. inherited from cow
  8. suffixed as cowling — “cow + ling”

Definitions

  1. A young or little cow

    A young or little cow; calf.

    • She nuzzled between the legs—a bull calf. She continued to nuzzle and clean the little pea-green body that was blue with white patches about his cowling parts.

  2. A removable protective covering for the engine of an aircraft, motorcycle, etc.

  3. present participle and gerund of cowl

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS…

      A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD969429).

    2. A village in Burrill with Cowling parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in…

      A village in Burrill with Cowling parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE236876).

    3. A surname transferred from the given name.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA