The mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
White says the cowling is a cover similar to the hood on a car and does not affect engine performance. From Wordnik.com. [The Columbus Dispatch Feed] Reference
I came to a stop at the edge of the cowling bulge. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Mechanica]
It had two machine guns mounted on the top cowling. From Wordnik.com. [The Rainbow and the Rose]
And someone mentioned something about an open cowling. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 12, 2007] Reference
The cowling is akin to, like, the hood of your car. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 12, 2007] Reference
You can see them in the black wing tips and the nose cowling. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 7, 2007] Reference
OMFG, is that a removeable engine cowling? darthviper107 Says. From Wordnik.com. [Firefly Ship Works Ltd. » Blog Archive » Engines] Reference
Laughing quietly, Adama ran his hands over the aft engine cowling. From Wordnik.com. [Battlestar Galactica] Reference
The write-up read, "Evidence of oil leak on right engine cowling.". From Wordnik.com. [Clean Up All That Nasty Old Evidence] Reference
Mechanics came out, opened the cowling and began trouble-shooting. From Wordnik.com. [The Ripple Effect of a Canceled Flight] Reference
Pictures of portions of the engine cowling form a FedEx cargo plane. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 29, 2006] Reference
It hit the engine cowling that time, and ricocheted away into the night. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
Rain pelted the cockpit cowling and the fuselage, setting up a fearful din. From Wordnik.com. [Floating City]
"Get on the fin," he said, as he flipped up the cowling and crawled inside. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Lensman]
The detonations there tore off the cowling shields and produced an air leak. From Wordnik.com. [Vagabond of Space]
He pulled the hood up, cowling it around his face, and drew the cape closed. From Wordnik.com. [Stone of Tears]
The cowling had slipped away and I had gotten a glimpse of what she had become. From Wordnik.com. [The Courts of Chaos]
He could have folded back half of the engine cowling and taken out the dipstick. From Wordnik.com. [Second Wind]
He pulled the cowling off the engine and saw that the starter piston was seized. From Wordnik.com. ['Her Baby' was boater's salvation] Reference
When looking at the engine cowling, you can see a layering affect in the material. From Wordnik.com. [Firefly Ship Works Ltd. » Blog Archive » Engines] Reference
As I pulled off the cowling, Mark Menendez and Joe Yates came over to check on me. From Wordnik.com. [Caught Me a Big ’Un . . . and then I let him go!] Reference
He snapped closed the cowling of the lighter and dropped the lighter in his pocket. From Wordnik.com. [The Quest]
And then there was the time I forgot to tighten the lug nuts on the engine cowling. From Wordnik.com. [ON THE BUBBLE - PERSONS OF INTEREST] Reference
"There's no cowling around that engine," Schnorp has noticed, "so we'll aim for that.". From Wordnik.com. [Gravity's Rainbow]
I jumped out of the cockpit and the oil was just right, even all the way round the cowling. From Wordnik.com. [The Rainbow and the Rose]
They found one or two cowling cracks, too, that our lazy muggers down in Bombay hadn't noticed. From Wordnik.com. [ROUND THE BEND]
The clang of stone on metal cowling announced a direct hit and Branch closed the window guiltily. From Wordnik.com. [Cargo of Eagles]
The pliers to undo some portion of the cowling round the engine, the rag to wipe up the spilt oil. From Wordnik.com. [Marazan]
Seven miles later we were still climbing, with nothing visible over the front cowling except blue sky. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
Dillon leaned against the jeep's wheel cowling, gazing round and tugging distractedly at his moustache. From Wordnik.com. [Civvies]
Croaker was aware of the sun moving across the cabin's cowling, the light changing as the wind shifted. From Wordnik.com. [The Kaisho]
First, a shot over our cowling as we headed out to find our collared elk in the Divide Country on Tuesday. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
They had got the cowling off the engine and had diagnosed the trouble, a valve seating, as I had suspected. From Wordnik.com. [The Rainbow and the Rose]
Vesper, standing just behind the wind - and spray-whipped cowling, wondered if he was aware of her presence. From Wordnik.com. [Second Skin]
Lange pounded on the cowling of his sled, and moments later stepped out, bent down and kissed his ride. From Wordnik.com. [daytondailynews.com - News] Reference
Parts of the propeller blades are wedged against the wing and the front part of the cowling is destroyed. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]]
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