Cowled

/ˈkaʊld/ adjective

Definition

Wearing or covered with a cowl; having a hood or hood-like covering.

Etymology

From 'cowl' + '-ed' (English suffix forming adjectives meaning 'having' or 'wearing'). Just as 'bearded' means 'having a beard' and 'hooded' means 'wearing a hood,' 'cowled' means covered with or wearing a cowl.

Kelly Says

In medieval art, you can instantly recognize monks by their cowled figures—the hood became so associated with monastic life that artists used it as a visual shorthand for piety and monastic devotion!

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