📚 noun • entry_id 16933
caul
/kɔːl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cofia
A style of close-fitting circular cap worn by women in the sixteenth century and later, often made of linen.
Ne spared they to strip her naked all. / Then when they had despoild her tire and call, / Such as she was, their eyes might her behold […]
redaño
The thin membrane which covers the lower intestines; the omentum.
cofia cefálica
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).
Even in the mid seventeenth century a country gentleman might regard his caul as a treasure to be preserved with great care, and bequeathed to his descendants.
I was born with a caul, which was advertised for sale, in the newspapers, at the low price of fifteen guineas.
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