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Caul
Definitions
- 1 A style of close-fitting circular cap worn by women in the sixteenth century and later, often made of linen. historical
"Ne spared they to strip her naked all. / Then when they had despoild her tire and call, / Such as she was, their eyes might her behold […]"
- 2 the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth) wordnet
- 3 An entry to a mill lead taken from a burn or stream (a mill lead (or mill waterway) is generally smaller than a canal but moves a large volume of water). British, capitalized, historical, often
- 4 part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines wordnet
- 5 A membrane.
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- 6 The thin membrane which covers the lower intestines; the omentum.
- 7 The amnion which encloses the foetus before birth, especially that part of it which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth (traditionally considered to be good luck).
"I was born with a caul, which was advertised for sale, in the newspapers, at the low price of fifteen guineas."
- 8 The surface of a press that makes contact with panel product, especially a removable plate or sheet.
- 9 A strip or block of wood used to distribute or direct clamping force.
- 10 Caul fat.
Etymology
From Middle English calle, kelle, kalle, kolle (“caul, net, basket”), from Old English cāwl, cāul, cēawl, cēaul (“basket, container, net, sieve”), of uncertain origin. Reinforced by Old French cale (“close-fitting cap”), possibly a borrowing of the Old English term above, or alternatively related to Old French calotte (“headdress”), from Italian callotta, from Latin calautica (“type of female headdress which fell down over the shoulders”), itself of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots kell (“caul”).
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