caul
1a 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.
Origin of caul
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a form or plate for pressing a veneer or veneers being glued to a backing or to each other.
Origin of caul
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How to use caul in a sentence
If you want, you can add clamping cauls to ensure an even flatter glue-up.
No need to pass the potatoes—spin them with this DIY Lazy Susan | Jean Levasseur | November 19, 2022 | Popular-ScienceTheir cauls provide them with physical invincibility—and, later, income, when they begin selling pieces for profit.
Morgan Jerkins Memorializes a Swiftly-Changing Harlem in Her New Novel Caul Baby | Cady Lang | April 2, 2021 | TimeNevertheless, 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.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and SciencesEvery means was used for the recovery o' the boy, but it was a' useless, he was quite deed an' caul'.
Stories and Sketches | Harriet S. Caswell
She wears a white linen hood which shows the shape of the caul in which her hair is imprisoned.
English Costume | Dion Clayton CalthropHer hair is enclosed in a stiff square caul of gold wire over cloth of gold.
English Costume | Dion Clayton Calthrop
British Dictionary definitions for caul
/ (kɔːl) /
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
Origin of caul
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