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cowl

[kaul] / kaʊl /


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Finding a suit and cowl made just for him, Damian transforms into Little Batman in order to safeguard Wayne Manor and Gotham City from villains, including a rather mischievous Joker.

From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2025

In the corner, a cowl made of macrame, textiles and yarn adorns a mannequin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2025

“To put on a Rick Owens sequined cowl or knee-high leather stocking boots is to express oneself in a language not everyone understands.”

From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2024

That could cause the inlet barrel to fail and damage a piece of housing called the inlet cowl.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2023

Unable to stop, he went tumbling cowl over tail.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

The collars this season were a nod to the past, evoking the ruffled cowls and buttoned neck fastenings of coats reminiscent of the 19th century.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2024

Along the way, she finds new heroes to inherit the Society’s capes and cowls.

From New York Times ● May 18, 2020

They both had their cowls on, so Batman had his whole mask on, and so did Catwoman, and then I realized that they had actually taken them off a couple of pages earlier.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2017

Her weakness in combat, when compared to the capes and cowls around her?

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2016

Insects as thick as confetti swirled around the cowls of the streetlights.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen




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