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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 hood
Familiarity information: COWLED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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