cowling vs lid

cowling

noun
  • A removable protective covering for the engine of an aircraft, motorcycle, etc. 

  • A young or little cow; calf. 

lid

noun
  • A motorcyclist's crash helmet. 

  • A hermetically sealed top piece on a microchip such as the integrated heat spreader on a CPU. 

  • In amateur radio, an incompetent operator. 

  • A cap or hat. 

  • One ounce of cannabis. 

  • A restraint or control, as when "putting a lid" on something. 

  • A kid (from the rhyming slang bin lid) 

  • A bodyboard or bodyboarder. 

  • The top or cover of a container. 

verb
  • To put a lid on (something). 

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