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Definition of Cowling
1. Noun. Protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine. "The mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine"
Group relationships: Aeroplane, Airplane, Plane, Auto, Automobile, Car, Machine, Motorcar
Terms within: Hood Ornament
Generic synonyms: Protection, Protective Cover, Protective Covering
Derivative terms: Cowl, Cowl
Definition of Cowling
1. Proper noun. (surname patronymic from=given names) ¹
2. Noun. A removable protective covering for the engine of an aircraft, motorcycle etc ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cowling
1. a covering for an aircraft engine [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cowling
Literary usage of Cowling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1859)
"cowling CASTLE. THE following transcripts of vouchers and receipts for moneys
expended on the erection of cowling Castle were exhibited when we visited that ..."
2. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1882)
"Dr cowling considers plaster of Paris the best application in all fractures of
the lower extremity, without exception, and objects to the long splint, ..."
3. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth by James Anthony Froude (1881)
"15£ Storming oj cowling Castle. [Ca xxxi Wyatt sent a message to the father
expressing his SOT- Wyatt calls row that he had been hitherto backward ..."
4. Airscrews in Theory and Experiment by Arthur Fage (1920)
"two types of engine cowling can only be made when it is known how the working of
the engine is affected by the quantity of air flowing through the cowling. ..."
5. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth by James Anthony Froude (1860)
"Mary's situation was now really alarming: she * cowling Castle, a place al- such
as live by spoil, I doubt ready famous in English Reform- not but your ..."
6. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett (1816)
"cowling demanded a sight of the process ; which being refused, cowling, ...
apprehend the said cowling, who by wrestling and strokes got out of his hands ..."
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