cowle

== English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== cowle (plural cowles) Obsolete spelling of cowl. === Etymology 2 === Arabic [Term?] (literally “word, promise, agreement”) ==== Alternative forms ==== kowl ==== Noun ==== cowle (plural cowles) (obsolete, India) A lease, or grant in writing; a safe-conduct, amnesty, etc. ==== References ==== Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “cowle”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […]. == Middle English == === Noun === cowle alternative form of coule