Definition of Cowls

1. Noun. (plural of cowl) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cowls

1. cowl [v] - See also: cowl

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cowls

cowking
cowks
cowl
cowl muscle
cowled
cowleech
cowleeches
cowlesite
cowless
cowlick
cowlicks
cowlike
cowling
cowlings
cowlless
cowls (current term)
cowlstaff
cowlstaffs
cowlstaves
cowman
cowmen
cowmilk
cownose ray
coworker
coworkers
coworking
cowp
cowpat
cowpath
cowpaths

Literary usage of Cowls

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dwelling Houses: Their Sanitary Construction and Arrangements by William Henry Corfield (1885)
"There is no doubt, however, that several fixed chimney cowls for preventing down ... Of revolving cowls for chimneys, the common lobster-backed FIG. 10. ..."

2. A Manual of Public Health by Alexander Wynter Blyth (1890)
"cowls are under certain circumstances advantageous, for instance, the common way of ... cowls whether aspirating or the reverse, fixed or revolving, ..."

3. Principles of Physics, Or Natural Philosophy: Designed for the Use of by Benjamin Silliman (1871)
"cowls.—Emerson's ventilators.—Advantage is taken of the currents in the external air, to aid in establishing ventilation in houses, and draught in chimneys, ..."

4. Matthew Paris's English History: From the Year 1235 to 1273 by Matthew Paris, William Rishanger (1852)
"... that they might obtain the blessings of the spectators, and, bowing their heads, and with cowls lowered, commended themselves to the prayers of all. ..."

5. How to Drain a House: Practical Information for Householders by George Edwin Waring (1902)
"VENTILATING cowls ON SOIL-PIPES. THE upward extension of soil-pipe for complete ventilation is a matter of much importance, and one that has been ..."

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