Usually means: Cover enclosing an engine, typically.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word cowling:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. cowling: Merriam-Webster
  2. cowling: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cowling: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cowling: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cowling: Vocabulary.com
  6. Cowling, cowling: Wordnik
  7. cowling: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Cowling, cowling: Wiktionary
  9. cowling: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. cowling: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. cowling: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. cowling: Dictionary.com
  13. Cowling (disambiguation), Cowling: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. cowling: Rhymezone
  15. cowling: FreeDictionary.org
  16. cowling: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. cowling: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. cowling: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cowling: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cowling: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  A young or little cow; calf.
▸ noun:  A removable protective covering for the engine of an aircraft, motorcycle, etc.
▸ noun:  A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD969429).
▸ noun:  A village in Burrill with Cowling parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE236876).
▸ noun:  A surname transferred from the given name.

Similar:
hood, cowlet, calfling, calfhood, cauf, calfhide, cogue, haircalf, cootling, calflick, more...

Opposite:
uncowling, uncasing, uncovering

Phrases:
NACA cowling, Brenda Cowling, Maurice Cowling, more...

Adjectives:
front, new, streamlined, lower, bottom, top, shaped, circular, chord, upper, left

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Similar:
hood, cowlet, calfling, calfhood, cauf, calfhide, cogue, haircalf, cootling, calflick, more...

Opposite:
uncowling, uncasing, uncovering

Phrases:
NACA cowling, Brenda Cowling, Maurice Cowling, more...

Adjectives:
front, new, streamlined, lower, bottom, top, shaped, circular, chord, upper, left



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