cowled
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9.2
- adjective
- /kaʊld/
:
encapuchado
- As the meeting began, a cowled individual stepped forward to address the crowd.
- cowled figure
- cowled monk
- cowled priest
Examples
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"Whoever saw a priest dressed in such rags?" The cowled figure, without answering, stepped past him and out the door.
Fiction book (2001) -
"Are you Frendon Ibrahim Blythe?" the cowled figure asked again.
Fiction book (2001) -
The screen lit up and a cowled image appeared.
Fiction book (2001) -
"It is required that you answer as to your identity," the cowled console image said.
Fiction book (2001) -
A cowled figure stepped from the shadows.
Fiction book (2001) -
Perhaps we shall never know the identity of the cowled figure seen haunting the grounds of the old Manor House on the night of the terrible murder.
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"Two black-robed and cowled necromancers walked some distance behind their shabby army, well out of range of spear throw.
Fiction book (1991) -
The cowled men inspected them, seizing a child by his chin, tipping his head back, and gaping into his fearful eyes.
Fiction book (1992) -
He hesitated, looked nervously at the cardinal, who wore a white silk cape lined with scarlet, and a soft hat with a round crown and a wide brim turned up, standing between two cowled men in shining white robes.
Fiction book (1998) -
The mysterious figure appeared, cloaked in a cowled robe that obscured their face.
Synonyms
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3.2
Wearing clothing with a part that covers the head
How Covered
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cowled comes from cowl, which comes from the Latin cucullus meaning 'hood'. So a cowled figure is 'wearing a hood', like a monk whose face is partly hidden.