Cowl

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 25

kowl, n. a cap or hood: a monk's hood: the badge of monkhood: a monk: a cover for a chimney.— v.t. to make a monk of: to cover like a cowl.— adj. Cowled , wearing a cowl. [A.S. cufle ; Ice. cofl ; akin to L. cucullus , hood.]