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COWLED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cowled mean? 

COWLED (adjective)
  The adjective COWLED has 1 sense:

1. having the head enclosed in a cowl or hoodplay

  Familiarity information: COWLED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COWLED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Having the head enclosed in a cowl or hood

Context example:

a cowled monk

Similar:

clad; clothed (wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination)


 Context examples 


"Strikes me you're a bit of star-dust yourself, flung into a world of cowled gnomes who cannot see," was his comment at the end of it.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)



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