3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Caul \Caul\ (k[add]l), n. [OE. calle, kelle, prob. fr F. cale;
cf Ir calla a veil.]
1. A covering of network for the head, worn by women; also a
net. --Spenser.
2. (Anat.) The fold of membrane loaded with fat, which covers
more or less of the intestines in mammals; the great
omentum. See {Omentum}.
The caul serves for the warming of the lower belly.
--Ray.
3. A part of the amnion, one of the membranes enveloping the
fetus, which sometimes is round the head of a child at its
birth.
It is deemed lucky to be with a caul or membrane
over the face. This caul is esteemed an infallible
preservative against drowning . . . According to
Chysostom the midwives frequently sold it for magic
uses. --Grose.
I was born with a caul, which was advertised for
sale, in the newspapers, at the low price of fifteen
guineas. --Dickens.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
caul
n 1: the inner embryonic membrane of higher vertebrates
(especially when covering the head at birth) [syn: {veil},
{fetal membrane}, {embryonic membrane}]
2: part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the
colon and covering the intestines [syn: {greater omentum},
{gastrocolic omentum}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Caul
(Heb. yothe'reth; i.e., "something redundant"), the membrane
which covers the upper part of the liver (Ex. 29:13, 22; Lev.
3:4, 10, 15; 4:9; 7:4; marg., "midriff"). In Hos. 13:8 (Heb.
seghor; i.e., "an enclosure") the pericardium, or parts about
the heart, is meant
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