uncowl

1. (transitive) To divest or deprive of a cowl (monk's hood or hooded robe).Examples: "See’st thou an Isle, by Palmers, Pilgrims trod, Men bearded, bald, cowl’d, uncowl’d, shod, unshod,"; "Can the pope, to say nothing of himself and his cardinals, do away with his four archbishops and ninety-eight bishops? Will he reduce the prodigious number of his priests, who muster as strong as one twenty-eighth of the population? Will he uncowl his monks, two thousand and twenty-three of whom swarm about the streets of Rome alone?"transitive

2. (transitive, figurative, archaic) To uncover; to unveil.Examples: "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."; "While we uncowl our souls, Bare to the God who rolls Earth on its icy poles, Clasp me in pray’r."archaicfigurativelytransitive

3. (instransitive) To remove or pull back one's cowl.Examples: "“Monseigneur, it is not often your capuchin uncowls; least of all when he wishes to remain unknown! […]”"; "And thence, after a word or two had passed, came the priest I had seen; and when he uncowled I knew him for my friend Selred, and glad I was to see him."; "She wouldn’t uncowl, for modesty she said, but let me ground her and lift dun shift to white shoulders."

4. (transitive) To remove the cowl (protective covering) from (an engine).Examples: "[…] uncowling the airplane before each flight is neither practical nor expected. In fact, uncowling such an airplane repeatedly may wear the latching or fastening devices."; "Uncowl the engine, check for evidence of any leaks."transitive