caul
A style of close-fitting circular cap worn by women in the sixteenth century and…A style of close-fitting circular cap worn by women in the sixteenth century and later, often made of linen.
Translations
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Meaning
8 senses(historical)A style of close-fitting circular cap worn by women in the sixteenth century and later, often made of linen.
че́пчикčépčik, чепе́цčepéc, се́ткаsétka
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).
Glückshaube
руба́шкаrubáška, во́дная оболо́чка плода́vódnaja obolóčka plodá
The thin membrane which covers the lower intestines; the omentum.
Fettnetz, Schweinenetz
мембра́наmembrána, перепо́нкаperepónka, жирова́я се́ткаžirovája sétka
More meanings 5
(UK, capitalized, historical, often)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).
A membrane.
The surface of a press that makes contact with panel product, especially a removable plate or sheet.
A strip or block of wood used to distribute or direct clamping force.
Caul fat.
- part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines
- the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
Origin
From Middle English calle, kelle, kalle, kolle (“caul, net, basket”), from Old English cāwFrom 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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Forms
plural: caulsSynonyms
4 synonyms- part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines:greater omentumgastrocolic omentum
- the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth):veilembryonic membrane
See also
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