hood1

noun

• 1a covering for the head and neck with an opening for the face, typically forming part of a coat or cloak: a jacket with a detachable hood
• a large hood-shaped piece of fabric, typically trimmed with fur or a similar material, worn over the shoulders of a university gown or a surplice to indicate the wearer’s degree.
• Falconry a leather covering for a hawk’s head.

• 2a thing resembling a hood in shape or use, in particular:
• British a folding waterproof cover of a car, pram, etc..
• North American the bonnet of a motor vehicle.
• a canopy to protect users of machinery or to remove fumes from it.
• a hood-like structure or marking on the head or neck of an animal: the hood of a rearing cobra
• the upper part of the flower of a plant such as a dead-nettle.

verb

• put a hood on or over: she was forced into a car, hooded, and taken to a cell