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cowled

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cowled  (kould)
adj.
1. Wearing or supplied with a cowl; hooded.
2. Having the shape of a hood.
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Adj.1.cowled - having the head enclosed in a cowl or hood; "a cowled monk"
clad, clothed - wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination; "clothed and in his right mind"- Bible; "proud of her well-clothed family"; "nurses clad in white"; "white-clad nurses"
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Then the monster had risen to its feet and had begun to walk leisurely to and fro across the common among the few fugitives, with its headlike hood turning about exactly like the head of a cowled human being.
The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context
And here are aged Moors with flowing white beards and long white robes with vast cowls; and Bedouins with long, cowled, striped cloaks; and Negroes and Riffians with heads clean-shaven except a kinky scalp lock back of the ear or, rather, upon the after corner of the skull; and all sorts of barbarians in all sorts of weird costumes, and all more or less ragged.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
In the battle-blur his face would, in a way be hidden, like the face of a cowled man.
The Red Badge of Courage by Crane, Stephen View in context
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