cowling

Etymology 1

From cow + -ling.

noun

  1. A young or little cow; calf.
    She nuzzled between the legs—a bull calf. She continued to nuzzle and clean the little pea-green body that was blue with white patches about his cowling parts. 2003, David Gilet, The Yellow Dot Plague and Other Tales

Etymology 2

From cowl + -ing.

noun

  1. A removable protective covering for the engine of an aircraft, motorcycle, etc.

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of cowl

Attribution / Disclaimer All definitions come directly from Wiktionary using the Wiktextract library. We do not edit or curate the definitions for any words, if you feel the definition listed is incorrect or offensive please suggest modifications directly to the source (wiktionary/cowling), any changes made to the source will update on this page periodically.