a tubular attachment used to keep stray light out of the lens of a camera
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(falconry) a leather covering for a hawk's head
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metal covering leading to a vent that exhausts smoke or fumes
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the folding roof of a carriage
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a headdress that protects the head and face
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protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine
<noun.artifact> there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine
(zoology) an expandable part or marking that resembles a hood on the head or neck of an animal
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cover with a hood
<verb.contact> The bandits were hooded
Hood \Hood\, n. [OE. hood, hod, AS. h[=o]d; akin to D. hoed hat, G. hut, OHG. huot, also to E. hat, and prob. to E. heed. [root]13.] 1. State; condition. [Obs.]
How could thou ween, through that disguised hood To hide thy state from being understood? --Spenser.
2. A covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often attached to the body garment; especially: (a) A soft covering for the head, worn by women, which leaves only the face exposed. (b) A part of a monk's outer garment, with which he covers his head; a cowl. ``All hoods make not monks.'' --Shak. (c) A like appendage to a cloak or loose overcoat, that may be drawn up over the head at pleasure. (d) An ornamental fold at the back of an academic gown or ecclesiastical vestment; as, a master's hood. (e) A covering for a horse's head. (f) (Falconry) A covering for a hawk's head and eyes. See Illust. of {Falcon}.
3. Anything resembling a hood in form or use; as: (a) The top or head of a carriage. (b) A chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant draught by turning with the wind. (c) A projecting cover above a hearth, forming the upper part of the fireplace, and confining the smoke to the flue. (d) The top of a pump. (e) (Ord.) A covering for a mortar. (f) (Bot.) The hood-shaped upper petal of some flowers, as of monkshood; -- called also {helmet}. --Gray. (g) (Naut.) A covering or porch for a companion hatch.
4. (Shipbuilding) The endmost plank of a strake which reaches the stem or stern.
Hood \Hood\ (h[oo^]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hooded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hooding}.] 1. To cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or hood-shaped appendage.
The friar hooded, and the monarch crowned. --Pope.
2. To cover; to hide; to blind.
While grace is saying, I'll hood mine eyes Thus with my hat, and sigh and say, ``Amen.'' --Shak.
{Hooding end} (Shipbuilding), the end of a hood where it enters the rabbet in the stem post or stern post.
Hood \Hood\, n. 1. [shortened from hoodlum.] Same as {hoodlum}. [Colloq.] [PJC]
2. [shortened from neighborhood.] Same as {neighborhood}. [slang] [PJC]
Hoodlum \Hood"lum\, n. A young rowdy; a rough, lawless fellow; colloquially, called also {hood}. [Colloq. U.S.]
Just tell your hoodlum friends outside You ain't got time to take no ride. --Yakety-Yak (Song) [PJC]
Bonnet \Bon"net\ (b[o^]n"n[e^]t), n. [OE. bonet, OF. bonet, bonete. F. bonnet fr. LL. bonneta, bonetum; orig. the name of a stuff, and of unknown origin.] 1. A headdress for men and boys; a cap. [Obs.] --Milton. --Shak.
2. A soft, elastic, very durable cap, made of thick, seamless woolen stuff, and worn by men in Scotland.
And p?i?s and bonnets waving high. --Sir W. Scott.
3. A covering for the head, worn by women, usually protecting more or less the back and sides of the head, but no part of the forehead. The shape of the bonnet varies greatly at different times; formerly the front part projected, and spread outward, like the mouth of a funnel.
4. Anything resembling a bonnet in shape or use; as, (a) (Fort.) A small defense work at a salient angle; or a part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part from enfilade fire. (b) A metallic canopy, or projection, over an opening, as a fireplace, or a cowl or hood to increase the draught of a chimney, etc. (c) A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to prevent escape of sparks. (d) A roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its occupants from objects falling down the shaft. (e) In pumps, a metal covering for the openings in the valve chambers.
5. (Naut.) An additional piece of canvas laced to the foot of a jib or foresail in moderate winds. --Hakluyt.
6. The second stomach of a ruminating animal.
7. An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices others to bet or to bid; a decoy. [Cant]
8. (Automobiles) The metal cover or shield over the motor; predominantly British usage. In the U.S. it is called the {hood}. [Brit.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
{Bonnet limpet} (Zo["o]l.), a name given, from their shape, to various species of shells (family {Calyptr[ae]id[ae]}).
{Bonnet monkey} (Zo["o]l.), an East Indian monkey ({Macacus sinicus}), with a tuft of hair on its head; the munga.
{Bonnet piece}, a gold coin of the time of James V. of Scotland, the king's head on which wears a bonnet. --Sir W. Scott.
{To have a bee in the bonnet}. See under {Bee}.
{Black bonnet}. See under {Black}.
{Blue bonnet}. See in the Vocabulary.
In those prototypes, instead of headlights, a 3-inch-wide lens runs across the front of the car and projects both high and low beams channeled from a "light engine" under the hood.
It has lots of pockets and a detachable imitation fur hood.
(I have known some open cars to shake so badly that the instruments became a blur on moderately rough surfaces.) The hood is super-efficient, too.
Likewise, there were small light monitors on the front hood that indicated ife on.
"We went for about 15 minutes on the hood of a jeep.
Under the hood is a 250-horsepower engine.
A hood was placed over the rhino's head to shield its eyes and ears.
Most impressively, the Corrado also is the quickest Volkswagen ever, thanks to a special supercharger under the hood that spurs the little four-cylinder engine up to 158 horsepower.
Miller testified Thursday that he wore the mask with the Klan's white robe and hood because he feared for his job and was afraid of the consequences if his identity were known.
Horgan mounted the hood of the slowly moving car and pounded on the windshield, but slid off and hit his head on the pavement, according to the police account.
The man's wore a gray hood and testified behind a screen to hide his identity.
Incidentally, if you should notice an elderly gent wheeling around Muskogee in a blue pickup with a big yellow palomino horse for a hood ornament, that will be Wilbur Wright's brother, Orville.
A Ku Klux Klansman arrested for wearing his hood in public lost a state Supreme Court bid to overturn a 39-year-old ban on masks.
Owners shouldn't drive the trucks if they a hear a loud "pang" from under the hood, the Ford spokesman said.
"Anytime there's easy money, the mob will jump in," said the witness, who wore a gray hood and testified behind a screen in his appearance Wednesday before a special investigative unit of the Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs.
Richard Turner, who works for the state Division of Fisheries and Wildlife at its Bourne office, said he received a complaint from the owner of a Mercedes Benz, who was not happy to find a turkey trotting over the hood and roof of his expensive car.
Some hood latches may not be properly engaged, meaning the hoods could open unexpectedly.
Michael Johnson said a man wearing a hood met the employees as they entered the First Federal Bank of Michigan branch in Perry in central Michigan shortly before 9 a.m. When the vault opened, the gunman took an undetermined amount of money.
We have a black robe and hood and the big double-edged sword and vials of blood," Bengin said.
The youths forced the driver and his partner to leave the truck and shot eight times at it, damaging the windshield and hood.
A 19-year-old woman scratched her attackers, cried out in vain for help and fainted while she was being gang-raped on the hood of a car, a witness facing charges in the case testified Wednesday.
Accompanied by a trio of federal marshals, the witness' identity was protected by a hood over his head and an electronic device that distorted his voice.
Bandits ambushed an armored van on a superhighway Thursday, put a hand grenade on the hood to force guards out of the vehicle and stole $1.3 million in cash and bonds, the Italian news agency ANSA reported.
The car struck Strickland before he jumped on the hood, Cole said.
Like Liberace, she has owned several flashy cars: Her 1988 black Corvette with a piano keyboard airbrushed on the hood is parked outside the hotel, and she is trying to get it moved into the Taj's lobby (Liberace used to drive his flashy cars on stage).
But the ride was excellent and the whole car felt as solid as - well, a Saab. With the hood up, one was aware it was not a saloon only because the rear quarters field of vision is restricted.
One bull chased a patrolman onto the hood of his car, Gregg said.
A Ku Klux Klansman arrested for wearing a hood in violation of state law has his day in court Thursday in a confrontation over whether the Constitution guarantees the right of anonymous free speech.
"I want to look in his eyes and see him before they put the hood on," Fender said, referring to the dark hood placed over an inmate's head just before electrocution.
"I want to look in his eyes and see him before they put the hood on," Fender said, referring to the dark hood placed over an inmate's head just before electrocution.