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Meanings of cowling in English

Portuguese
coberta
Catalan
capot
Spanish
cogulla
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Protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine.

        coberta
        Synonyms
        Examples for "hood"
        Examples for "hood"
        1
        The changes do not represent the introduction of new under-the-hood search technology.
        Reuters
        2
        And you have this long hood sort of connoting power and engine.
        Wired
        3
        He casually placed one hand on the hood and said, Nice car.
        Haunted
        4
        A second later another went by, this time ending at the hood.
        Dead beat
        5
        The power control module is the only thing visible under the hood.
        Wired
        1
        He lifted the flap on his bonnet to get a clear look.
        Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony
        2
        She wore a rough-and-ready straw bonnet this fall; all the girls did.
        A Little Girl of Long Ago; Or, Hannah Ann / A Sequel to a Little...
        3
        Sealman sweated and grunted under the open lid of the bright bonnet.
        The Port of Adventure
        4
        I hope you haven't got that kind of bee in your bonnet.'
        The draining lake
        5
        This time she stopped in her chamber for her pelisse and bonnet.
        Austenland
        1
        For the first time she saw him with his official cowl down.
        The Complete Alien Omnibus
        2
        The cowl does not make the friar, but dress makes the woman.
        The Cross of Berny; Or, Irene's Lovers
        3
        Beneath the cowl and cloak, Were's form shuddered, then finally went still.
        Shades of gray
        4
        As per training, she checked the gauge before tugging the vulcanized cowl.
        Artemis Fowl
        5
        Something grabbed her cowl from behind, and this time she cried out.
        Sister of the dead
        Usage of cowling in English
        1
        The opaque cowling went clear, and he saw Casimir staring at him.
        Abaddon's Gate
        2
        The next moment the cowling of the snowmobile began to tilt forward.
        The stand
        3
        The cowling shone black and red, catching the light and diffusing it.
        Abaddon's Gate
        4
        Then he saw the sun shining on the engine cowling of his machine.
        The Complete Short Stories Vol. 1
        5
        It was hot, up on the cowling, but it didn't feel like work.
        Illusions. The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
        6
        The chairs were made from industrial cowling and modified crash couches.
        Cibola Burn
        7
        Laughing quietly, Adama ran his hands over the aft engine cowling.
        Battlestar Galactica
        8
        The trailing Banshee was riderless as well... only a blood-spattered cockpit and cowling.
        First Strike
        9
        The engine cowling worked like the hood of a car.
        Death angel
        10
        The handlebars were bent and broken, the windshield cowling smashed.
        A knife edge
        11
        He screwed the cap back on and opened the cowling.
        The Shining
        12
        The prop had ceased turning, and small sputters of fire shot from the blackened cowling.
        The Wolf’s Hour
        13
        Three separate scratches ran down the driver's side from the front cowling to the tailgate.
        The blue edge of midnight
        14
        There were more holes in my wings, in the engine cowling and in the cockpit.
        The Complete Short Stories Vol. 1
        15
        The cowling had slipped away and I had gotten a glimpse of what she had become.
        The Great Book of Amber
        16
        A blue eye on the engine cowling.
        Mortal Engines
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        Translations for cowling
        Spanish
        cogulla
        Cowling through the time