Cowl (disambiguation)
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A cowl may refer to:
- CowlCowlThis article is about the garment used by monks and nuns. For other uses, see Cowl or Cowling .The cowl is an item of clothing consisting of a long, hooded garment with wide sleeves. Originally it may have referred simply to the hooded portion of a cloak...
, a garment worn by monks - Cowl (chimney)Cowl (chimney)A cowl is a usually hood-shaped covering used to increase the draft of a chimney and prevent backflow. The cowl, usually made of galvanized iron, is fitted to the chimney pot to prevent wind blowing the smoke back down into the room beneath...
, a device fitted to a chimney pot to prevent wind blowing the smoke back down into the room beneath - Cowl (oast)Cowl (oast)thumb|Cowls on a maltings at [[Ware, Hertfordshire|Ware]], Herts. A Cowl is a device used on a kiln to keep the weather out of, and induce a flow of air through, the kiln...
, the revolving device found on oasts, maltings, and breweries - Cowl unitCowl unitA cowl unit is a body style of diesel locomotive. The terminology is a North American one, though similar locomotives exist elsewhere. A cowl unit is one with full-width enclosing bodywork, similar to the cab unit style of earlier locomotives, but unlike the cab unit style, the bodywork is merely...
, a body style for locomotives - Cowl (novel)Cowl (novel)Cowl is a 2004 science fiction novel by Neal Asher. It tells of an epic time war between two factions from the 43rd century.- Setting :Time travel is a reality with the exception to more common theories that there is only one main time line. Whenever a time line is distorted a parallel universe is...
, a science fiction novel - Crimson CowlCrimson CowlCrimson Cowl is an identity which has been used by four Marvel Comics characters to varying degrees:*Ultron used the identity in his debut as Ultron-5 to conceal his sentience, while using:**Edwin Jarvis as a "frontman" under the identity....
, the name of some Marvel Comics characters - Legend of the White CowlLegend of the White CowlThe Legend of the White Cowl is a Russian Orthodox story first recorded by the monk Philotheus of Pskov in 1510. It tells of the passage of a religious relic of great significance through great danger from Rome to Constantinople and finally to Moscow, just as many Russians at the time believed the...
, a Russian Orthodox Church story - Jane CowlJane CowlJane Cowl was an American film and stage actress and playwright "notorious for playing lacrymose parts". Actress Jane Russell was named in Cowl's honor.-Biography:...
, a stage actress and playwright - La CagouleLa CagouleLa Cagoule , officially called Comité secret d'action révolutionnaire , was a violent French fascist-leaning and anti-communist group, active in the 1930s, and designed to attempt the overthrow of the French Third Republic...
(The Cowl), a French political movement