uncowl

Etymology

From un- + cowl.

uncowl means to divest or deprive of a cowl (monk's hood or hooded robe). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

verb

To divest or deprive of a cowl (monk's hood or hooded robe).“See’st thou an Isle, by Palmers, Pilgrims trod, Men bearded, bald, cowl’d, uncowl’d, shod, unshod,”
To uncover; to unveil.“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.”
To remove or pull back one's cowl.““Monseigneur, it is not often your capuchin uncowls; least of all when he wishes to remain unknown! […]””
To remove the cowl (protective covering) from (an engine).“[…] 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.”