Sentence:  And therfore al our monkes whose professyon was neuer to eate fleshe, set vp the Pope and toke dispensacyons bothe for that faste and also for theyr strayte rules, and made theyr strayte rules as wyde as the hodes of theyr <WSD>cowles</WSD>. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A monk's hood that can be pulled forward to cover the face; a robe with such a hood attached to it.