meaning of caul
1. A covering of network for the head, worn by women; also, a net.
2. The fold of membrane loaded with fat, which covers more or less of the intestines in mammals; the great omentum. See Omentum.
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.
4. the inner embryonic membrane of higher vertebrates especially when covering the head at birth
Related Words
caul | cauldron | caules | caulescent | caulicle | cauliculi | cauliculus | cauliflower | cauliflower ear | cauliform | cauline | caulis | caulk | caulked | caulocarpous | caulophyllum | caulophyllum thalictrioides | caulophyllum thalictroides |
