uncowl

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To divest or deprive of a cowl (monk's hood or hooded robe).

   • See’st thou an Isle, by Palmers, Pilgrims trod, Men bearded, bald, cowl’d, uncowl’d, shod, unshod,
2. 2

   To uncover

   To uncover; to unveil.

   • 1797, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Osorio, London: John Pearson, 1873, Act I, p. 24, I pray you, think us friends—uncowl your face, For you seem faint, and the night-breeze blows healing.
   • While we uncowl our souls, Bare to the God who rolls Earth on its icy poles, Clasp me in pray’r.
3. 3

   To remove or pull back one's cowl.

   • “Monseigneur, it is not often your capuchin uncowls; least of all when he wishes to remain unknown! […]”
   • And thence, after a word or two had passed, came the priest I had seen; and when he uncowled I knew him for my friend Selred, and glad I was to see him.
   • She wouldn’t uncowl, for modesty she said, but let me ground her and lift dun shift to white shoulders.
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   1. 4

      To remove the cowl (protective covering) from (an engine).

      • […] uncowling the airplane before each flight is neither practical nor expected. In fact, uncowling such an airplane repeatedly may wear the latching or fastening devices.
      • Uncowl the engine, check for evidence of any leaks.

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