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A caul is a piece of membrane that can cover a newborn's head and face. [1] Birth with a caul is rare, occurring in less than 1 in 80,000 births. [ 2 ] The caul is harmless and is immediately removed by the attending parent, physician, or midwife upon birth of the child.
The greater omentum (also the great omentum, omentum majus, gastrocolic omentum, epiploon, or, especially in non-human animals, caul) is a large apron-like fold of visceral peritoneum that hangs down from the stomach.
If, after birth, the complete amniotic sac or big parts of the membrane remain coating the newborn, this is called a caul. When seen in the light, the amniotic sac is shiny and very smooth, but tough. Once the baby is pushed out of the mother's uterus, the umbilical cord, placenta, and amniotic sac are pushed out in the afterbirth.
Caul may refer to: Caul, a thin, filmy membrane that covers or partly covers a newborn mammal immediately after birth; Caul (headgear), a historical headdress worn by women that covers tied-up hair; Caul fat, the membrane around food animals' internal organs; A curved batten, usually used in pairs for applying even pressure across wide workpieces
A faggot being cooked. Commonly, a faggot consists of minced pork liver and heart, wrapped in bacon, with onion and breadcrumbs. The mixture is shaped by hand into small balls, wrapped with caul fat (the omentum membrane from the pig's abdomen), and baked.
As a noun, this word refers to a child who is attending school. It can also refer to the black, circular area of a person's eye. OK, that's it for hints—I don't want to totally give it away ...
A hairnet, or sometimes simply a net or caul, is a small, often elasticised, fine net worn over long hair to hold it in place. It is worn to keep hair contained. It is worn to keep hair contained. A snood is similar, but a looser fit, and with a much coarser mesh and noticeably thicker yarn .
Simple American bonnet or mobcap, in a portrait by Benjamin Greenleaf, 1805. A mobcap (or mob cap or mob-cap) is a round, gathered or pleated cloth (usually linen) bonnet consisting of a caul to cover the hair, a frilled or ruffled brim, and (often) a ribbon band, worn by married women in the 18th and early 19th centuries, when it was called a "bonnet".