Caul

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A covering of network for the head, worn by women; also, a net.

II. Caul ·noun A part of the amnion, one of the membranes enveloping the fetus, which sometimes is round the head of a child at its birth.

III. Caul ·noun The fold of membrane loaded with fat, which covers more or less of the intestines in mammals; the great omentum. ·see Omentum.

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