cowling
kow ling
- n protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine
the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine - v cover with or as with a cowl
- PA Part of Pan Am Flight 103's engine cowling came down in a courtyard in Lockerbie 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Next .
- But inspectors found no signs that the engines had failed or ingested birds or thrown a turbine blade through the cowling.
- When the championship heats began, it was Feierabend's red sled, with the white Swiss cross on its cowling, that held the course record.