: a removable metal covering that houses the engine and sometimes a part of the fuselage or nacelle of an airplane
also
: a metal cover for an engine
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The bike’s also been fitted with an angular cowling, which all but rids it of any of the original’s retro flair.
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Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 9 Dec. 2022
Our part of the design is how the front cowling and windshield blend into one another, with the translucent piece also housing the vehicle’s circular LED headlamp and collision-detection camera.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 17 Nov. 2022
Before taking it for a spin in the driveway, drive it in the garage, lift the cowling and take a real close look at it.
—John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Nov. 2022
Part of the cowling, the metal paneling covering the engine, detached from the plane upon landing, according to a statement from Alaska Airlines.
—Daisy Zavala Magaña, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Aug. 2022
In February 2018, an engine fan blade fractured during a United flight over the Pacific, resulting in an engine failure and loss of the cowling.
—New York Times, 22 Feb. 2021
There is also a middle deck featuring a two-person outdoor shower with hot and cold water and a hot tub created from a DC-10 jet engine cowling.
—Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2021
The cleaner design and the simplification of its manufacturing process means that all 2021 XE-1s will now sport gleaming white buoyancy modules (front and back) and a full black rear cowling.
—Mike Espindle, Forbes, 29 June 2021
The rocket dropped its boosters about two minutes into the flight followed by the cowling surrounding Shenzhou-12.
—Sam McNeil, USA TODAY, 17 June 2021
Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 9 Dec. 2022
Our part of the design is how the front cowling and windshield blend into one another, with the translucent piece also housing the vehicle’s circular LED headlamp and collision-detection camera.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 17 Nov. 2022
Before taking it for a spin in the driveway, drive it in the garage, lift the cowling and take a real close look at it.
—John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Nov. 2022
Part of the cowling, the metal paneling covering the engine, detached from the plane upon landing, according to a statement from Alaska Airlines.
—Daisy Zavala Magaña, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Aug. 2022
In February 2018, an engine fan blade fractured during a United flight over the Pacific, resulting in an engine failure and loss of the cowling.
—New York Times, 22 Feb. 2021
There is also a middle deck featuring a two-person outdoor shower with hot and cold water and a hot tub created from a DC-10 jet engine cowling.
—Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2021
The cleaner design and the simplification of its manufacturing process means that all 2021 XE-1s will now sport gleaming white buoyancy modules (front and back) and a full black rear cowling.
—Mike Espindle, Forbes, 29 June 2021
The rocket dropped its boosters about two minutes into the flight followed by the cowling surrounding Shenzhou-12.
—Sam McNeil, USA TODAY, 17 June 2021
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cowling
noun
cowl·ing
ˈkau̇-liŋ 
: a removable metal covering for the engine and sometimes a part of the fuselage of an airplane
also
: a metal cover for an engine
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