Uncowl
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Uncowl is a verb meaning (transitive) To divest or deprive of a cowl (monk's hood or hooded robe).
Meaning
(transitive) To divest or deprive of a cowl (monk's hood or hooded robe).
More Meanings
- (transitive, figurative, archaic) To uncover; to unveil.
- (instransitive) To remove or pull back one's cowl.
- (transitive) To remove the cowl (protective covering) from (an engine).
Example Sentences
While we uncowl our souls, Bare to the God who rolls Earth on its icy poles, Clasp me in pray’r.
See’st thou an Isle, by Palmers, Pilgrims trod, Men bearded, bald, cowl’d, uncowl’d, shod, unshod,
She wouldn’t uncowl, for modesty she said, but let me ground her and lift dun shift to white shoulders.
“Monseigneur, it is not often your capuchin uncowls; least of all when he wishes to remain unknown! […]”
Word Forms
- uncowls
- uncowling
- uncowled
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include uncoif, unhood, uncloak, discloak, uncollar, unclothe.
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