A covering of network for the head, worn by women; also, a net.
The fold of membrane loaded with fat, which covers more or less of the intestines in mammals; the great omentum. See Omentum.
A part of the amnion, one of the membranes enveloping the fetus, which sometimes is round the head of a child at its birth; -- called also a veil.
( 14c., 15c., 16c. ) Headdress of hair arranged at each side of the head in silken cases. Arrangement covered with net of silver or gold cord, inter spaced with jewels and beads. Held in place by a golden headband or crown fitted over the upper edge of the caul. Also GOLDEN NET CAUL, RETICULATED HEADDRESS, CREPINE, CRESTINE, CRESPINETTE.
the membrane enclosing the fetus, especially the part sometimes convering the head at birth.
A skull cap of silk, worn alone or under a hat, often worn by maidens, or a bag-shaped hair net (of gold mesh lined with silk, or made entirely of silk thread with human hair), which held the hair back in a coil.
jeweled net worn as women's head-covering, 14th-15th centuries.
Ex.29:13,22; Lev.3:10,15; Lev.4:9; Lev.7:4; Lev.8:16,25; Lev.9:10,19; Hos13:8] - A membrane in the abdomen that covers the internal organs and intestines. The word is often used to describe a female hair covering similar to a net.
part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines
the inner embryonic membrane of higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
a historical headress worn by women that covered tied up hair
a membrane that covers a baby's head at birth
a part of the membrane enveloping a fetus, protecting the child as Holden dreams to do when he tells Phoebe his ideal profession would be the "catcher in the field of rye")
a piece of the fetal membrane that covers the heads of some babies when they are born
a thin, filmy membrane that covers the head of a newborn baby immediately after childbirth
flap of skin over the face at time of birth. Those born with a caul are thought to have an easier time seeing beyond the veil.
A thin membrane taken from an animal's stomach, normally a pig. Used to encase and moisten lean meats and minced meat mixtures during cooking.
A fatty membrane taken from pig or sheep. It is used to wrap preparations, such as pate, and it melts while cooking.
A caul (Latin: Caput galeatum, literally, "head helmet") is a thin, filmy membrane, the remnants of the amniotic sac, that covers or partly covers the newborn mammal immediately after birth. It is also the membrane enclosing the paunch of mammals, particularly as in pork and mutton butchery. In butchery, the caul is used as offal.
