Definition of "uncowl" in English

verb

1. (transitive) To divest or deprive of a cowl (monk's hood or hooded robe).

2. (transitive, figurative, archaic) To uncover; to unveil.

   • 1797, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Osorio, London: John Pearson, 1873, Act I, p. 24, I pray you, think us friends—uncowl your face, For you seem faint, and the night-breeze blows healing.

3. (instransitive) To remove or pull back one's cowl.

4. (transitive) To remove the cowl (protective covering) from (an engine).