The shipwrights carefully inspected the cowl-staves before fitting them onto the mast.

The monastery's guardians carried ancient cowl-staffs as they patrolled the cloisters at dawn.

The museum's exhibit displayed a medieval cowl-staff carved with intricate symbols.

On cold winter nights, my grandmother would tuck a Kilmarnock cowl over her hair before bed to keep warm.

Whenever she judged the candidate by his designer suit, I reminded her that the cowl does not make the monk.

The museum displayed several ancient cowlstaffs next to the ceremonial robes.

The two porters adjusted the cowlstaff across their shoulders and set off down the narrow path.

The museum displayed a row of cowlstaves, polished and worn from centuries of use.