cowling
a streamlined metal housing or removable covering for an engine, especially an aircraft engine, often part of or forming a continuous line with the fuselage or wing.
Origin of cowling
1Words Nearby cowling
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use cowling in a sentence
Prior to this year, Hong Kong had practically no natural immunity, cowling explained.
cowling and other experts are beginning to urge the Hong Kong government to offer bigger-picture incentives.
More Vaccine-Hesitant Hongkongers Are Finally Signing Up for COVID-19 Shots. Is It Because of the Give-Aways, or the Outbreak Nearby? | AMY GUNIA / HONG KONG | June 11, 2021 | Timecowling cautioned that Sinovac’s efficacy figure is still based on limited public data, and that a fuller data release is needed to fully assess the efficacy of Sinovac’s vaccine.
Why did the efficacy of China’s top vaccine drop from 78% to 50%? | Grady McGregor | January 13, 2021 | FortuneThis indicates an explosion inside the engine that spewed debris and tore away the cowling.
There were many strange men there, too, and among them was Jonathan cowling, the old man who had acted as my gaoler at Trevose.
The Birthright | Joseph Hocking
It was just in the front—right on the front just above the cowling on the motorcycle.
Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyHe expected to see his rain of lead tear through the cowling of the stranger and deal death and frenzy.
The Moon Colony | William Dixon BellJoan was hurled into Epworths arms, and both were tossed up and down in their seats, and against the light cowling.
The Moon Colony | William Dixon BellHer eyes sought the cowling of the little machine fearfully.
The Moon Colony | William Dixon Bell
British Dictionary definitions for cowling
/ (ˈkaʊlɪŋ) /
a streamlined metal covering, esp one fitted around an aircraft engine: Also called: cowl Compare fairing 1
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse