cowl

Noun

• a loose hood or hooded robe (as worn by a monk)

• protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine
  • there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars
    
  • the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine
    

Verb

• cover with or as with a cowl
  • cowl the boys and veil the girls
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  hood , bonnet , cowling