ETYM Old Eng. hood, hod, AS. hôd; akin to Dutch hoed hat, German hut, Old High Germ. huot, also to Eng. hat, and prob. to Eng. heed.
1. The folding roof of a carriage or other vehicle.
2. An aggressive young criminal; SYN. hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, tough, toughie.

To cover with a hood.

(1799-1845) English poet and humorist. Born in London, he entered journalism, and edited periodicals, for example, Hood’s Monthly Magazine 1844. Although remembered primarily for his comic verse, for example, ‘Miss Kilmansegg’, he also wrote serious poems such as ‘Song of the Shirt’ 1843, a protest against poorly paid labor, and ‘Bridge of Sighs’ 1843, about the suicide of a prostitute.

1st Viscount Hood (1724-1816) British admiral. A masterly tactician, he defeated the French at Dominica in the West Indies 1783, and in the Revolutionary Wars captured Toulon and Corsica.

(1881-1934) US architect. He designed several New York skyscrapers of the 1920s and 1930s, and was a member of the team responsible for the Rockefeller Center, New York, 1929. Two of his skyscrapers, the Daily News building 1930 and the McGraw-Hill building, 1931, with its distinctive green-tile cladding, are seminal works of the Art Deco style.
With S Gordon Jeeves he built the National Radiator building in London 1928, faced with black tiles and colored Egyptian-style decoration.

A covering that protects the head and face, often attached to the neck of a coat.

Hinged metal part that covers the engine; SYN. bonnet.

HMS British battle cruiser of World War II. It was sunk by gunfire from the German battleship Bismarck south of Greenland 24 May 1941. Only three of the 1,420 crew survived.
Of 41,200 tons displacement and armed with eight 15 in, twelve 5.5 in, and eight 4 in guns, with four torpedo tubes, it could reach a speed of 31 knots.