or **COUL** (Saxon *cugle*; Lat. *cucullus*); a sort of hood or habit worn by the Bernardines and Benedictines. They are of two kinds; the one white, and very large, worn in ceremony; the other black, worn on ordinary occasions.

Mabillon maintains that originally the cowl was the same as the scapular. The author of the apology of the Emperor Henry IV. distinguishes two forms of cowl; the one a long gown with sleeves and a capuchin, used in ceremonies; the other a kind of hood to work in, called also a *scapular*, because it only covered the head and shoulders.