caul

¹ American  

[kawl] / kɔl /

noun

1. a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.

2. greater omentum.

3. a net lining in the back of a woman's cap or hat.

4. a cap or hat of net formerly worn by women.

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caul ² American  

[kawl] / kɔl /

noun

1. a form or plate for pressing a veneer or veneers being glued to a backing or to each other.

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caul British  

/ kɔːl /

noun

1. a portion of the amniotic sac sometimes covering a child's head at birth

2. a large fold of peritoneum hanging from the stomach across the intestines; the large omentum

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Etymology

Origin of caul¹

1300–50; Middle English calle < Middle French cale, probably back formation from calotte “kind of cap”; calotte

Origin of caul²

< French cale shim < German Keil wedge