hood1

noun

• 1a covering for the head and neck with an opening for the face, typically forming part of a coat or sweatshirt.
• a separate garment similar to a hood, worn over a college 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.
• a metal part covering the engine of an automobile.
• a canopy to protect users of machinery or to remove fumes from it.
• a hoodlike structure or marking on the head or neck of an animal.
• the upper part of the flower of a plant such as a dead-nettle.
• British a folding waterproof cover of an automobile, baby carriage, etc..

verb

• put a hood on or over.