Hood.
1. (Mechanics.) A dome-shaped projection or canopy over a discharging or receiving orifice in a structure, as of a fireplace, chimney, or ventilator. A cowl over a chimney, ashore or aboard.
2. (Wear.) A soft covering which shrouds the head. Some are attached to a cloak. “With any that wears a hood.” “A cowled monk.”
3. (Vehicle.) A carriage-top which may be elevated or depressed.
4. (Hydraulic Engineering.) The capping of the piles of a starling. 5. The top of a pump. 6. The companion of a hatchway.
7. (Nautical.) a. A covering for a companionhatch, scuttle, chain-pump, or skylight. A cowl for the galley chimney. b. One of the foremost or aftermost planks of a strake. The hood-ends fit into the rabbets of the stem and stern posts.
8. (Saddlery.) The leathern shield in front of a wooden stirrup, which serves to protect the foot of the rider.
9. (Sporting.) The blinding cap on the head of a hawk to make him sit quietly on his perch. Said to have been invented by the Arabians. Falconry was an ancient custom in Tartary; Ctesias, contemporary of Alexander the Great, mentions that hares and foxes were hunted in India by falcons. Aristotle speaks of the practice in Thrace. It was common in Italy in the time of Martial. It attained its climax in Europe in the twelfth century.
