(koul) noun
1. A monk's hood; also, any hooded garment.
2. A hood–shaped top for a chimney.
3. Aeron. A cowling.
4. That part of the body of an automobile to which the windshield, instrument board, and the rear end of the hood are attached.
5. Scot. A nightcap.
—v.t.
1. To cloak with a cowl; make like or into a monk.
2. To cover with or as with a cowl. [OE cugle, cuhle <cucullus hood]

(koul) noun Brit.
A large vessel for carrying water. [<OF cuvel <L cupella, dim. of cupa cask, vat]