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caul
1[ kawl ]
noun
- a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- a net lining in the back of a woman's cap or hat.
- a cap or hat of net formerly worn by women.
caul
2[ kawl ]
noun
- a form or plate for pressing a veneer or veneers being glued to a backing or to each other.
caul
/ kɔːl /
noun
- a portion of the amniotic sac sometimes covering a child's head at birth
- a large fold of peritoneum hanging from the stomach across the intestines; the large omentum
Word History and Origins
Origin of caul1
Origin of caul2
Word History and Origins
Origin of caul1
Example Sentences
If you want, you can add clamping cauls to ensure an even flatter glue-up.
Their cauls provide them with physical invincibility—and, later, income, when they begin selling pieces for profit.
Nevertheless, according to some writers, they lay a small piece of the caul upon the fire.
To roast a leg of lamb or mutton, remove the caul, the pink skin, and the superfluous fat.
Every means was used for the recovery o' the boy, but it was a' useless, he was quite deed an' caul'.
She wears a white linen hood which shows the shape of the caul in which her hair is imprisoned.
Her hair is enclosed in a stiff square caul of gold wire over cloth of gold.
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