The priest cowls the initiate before entering the sanctum.

The monks adjusted their cowls before entering the chapel.

Cowling sits on a gentle hillside, its stone cottages and narrow lanes reflecting centuries of North Yorkshire history.

Cowles traced his family tree back to a small village where the name first appeared.

Cowlings protect the aircraft's engines from debris and improve aerodynamics.

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.

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

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

The museum's collection includes several rare Kilmarnock cowls from the 18th century.