What does CAUL mean?

Definitions for CAUL
kɔlcaul

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. greater omentum, gastrocolic omentum, caulnoun

    part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines

  2. caul, veil, embryonic membranenoun

    the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)

GCIDE

  1. Caulnoun

    A part of the amnion, one of the membranes enveloping the fetus, which sometimes is round the head of a child at its birth; -- called also a veil.

Wiktionary

  1. caulnoun

    A style of close-fitting circular cap worn by women in the 16th century and later, often made of linen.

  2. caulnoun

    A membrane.

  3. caulnoun

    The thin membrane which covers the lower intestines; the omentum.

  4. caulnoun

    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).

  5. caulnoun

    The surface of a press that makes contact with panel product, especially a removable plate or sheet.

  6. Etymology: From cale.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Caulnoun

    Etymology: of uncertain etymology.

    Ne spared they to strip her naked all,
    Then when they had despoil’d her tire and caul,
    Such as she was, their eyes might her behold. Fairy Q. b. i.

    Her head with ringlets of her hair is crown’d,
    And in a golden caul the curls are bound. John Dryden, Æneid.

    An Indian mantle of feathers, and the feathers wrought into a caul of packthread. Nehemiah Grew, Musæum.

    The caul serves for the warming the lower belly, like an apron or piece of woollen cloth. Hence a certain gladiatour, whose caul Galen cut out, was so liable to suffer cold, that he kept his belly constantly covered with wool. John Ray, on the Creation.

    The beast they then divide, and disunite
    The ribs and limbs, observant of the rite:
    On these, in double cauls involv’d with art,
    The choicest morsels lay. Alexander Pope, Odyssey, b. iii. l. 585.

Wikipedia

  1. caul

    The Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) is a representative leadership body for university libraries in Australia. The CAUL members represent 39 Australian University Institutions and 8 New Zealand University Institutions. Membership is restricted to library directors whose parent institutions are full members of Universities Australia.

ChatGPT

  1. caul

    A caul is a thin, filmy membrane that covers or partly covers the newborn at birth. It is part of the amniotic sac that has remained attached to the baby's head and/or body. In some cultures and beliefs, being born with a caul is associated with good luck, special abilities, or protection against drowning.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Caulnoun

    a covering of network for the head, worn by women; also, a net

  2. Caulnoun

    the fold of membrane loaded with fat, which covers more or less of the intestines in mammals; the great omentum. See Omentum

  3. Caulnoun

    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. Etymology: [OE. calle, kelle, prob. fr. F. cale; cf. Ir. calla a veil.]

Wikidata

  1. Caul

    A caul is a piece of membrane that can cover a newborn's head and face.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Caul

    kawl, n. a net or covering for the head: the membrane covering the head of some infants at their birth. [O. Fr. cale, a little cap, prob. Celt.; cf. Ir. calla, a veil, hood.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Caul

    a membrane covering the head of some children at birth, to which a magical virtue was at one time ascribed, and which, on that account, was rated high and sold often at a high price.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. caul

    The membrane encompassing the head of some infants when born, and from early antiquity esteemed an omen of good fortune, and a preservative against drowning; it was sought by the Roman lawyers with as much avidity as by modern voyagers. Also, a northern name for a dam-dike. Also, an oriental license. (See KAULE.)

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Entomology

  1. Caul

    the fatty mass of larvae from which the organs of the future adult were supposed to develop: = epiploon.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. CAUL

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Caul is ranked #46647 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Caul surname appeared 456 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Caul.

    62.9% or 287 total occurrences were White.
    32.2% or 147 total occurrences were Black.
    3.2% or 15 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.1% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Anagrams for CAUL »

  1. UCLA

  2. ACLU

  3. Luca

  4. LUCA

  5. ucal

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of CAUL in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of CAUL in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of CAUL in a Sentence

  1. Robin Baker:

    These parents are experienced home birthers as they had their first child at home, they had 30 minutes of bonding time with Baby A before Baby B made his way into his father’s hands still en-caul.

  2. Robin Baker:

    We didn’t know the baby would deliver completely en caul until he was crowning.

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