Usually means: Membrane covering newborn's head, face.
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General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. caul: Merriam-Webster
  2. caul: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. caul: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. caul: Collins English Dictionary
  5. caul: Vocabulary.com
  6. Caul, caul: Wordnik
  7. caul: Wiktionary
  8. caul: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. caul: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. caul: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Caul, caul: Dictionary.com
  12. Caul (disambiguation), Caul (headgear), Caul: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Caul: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. caul: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. caul: Rhymezone
  16. Caul: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. caul: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. Caul: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  19. caul: FreeDictionary.org
  20. caul: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  21. caul: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. caul: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. caul-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. caul: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. caul: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Caul: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. caul: Medical dictionary
  6. Caul: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. CAUL: Acronym Finder

Religion (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Caul: Easton Bible
  2. Caul: Smith's Bible Dictionary
  3. CAUL(S): Glossary of Biblical English of the Authorised Version of the HOLY BIBLE

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Roots of Botanical Names (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. caul: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (caul)

noun:  (historical) A style of close-fitting circular cap worn by women in the sixteenth century and later, often made of linen.
noun:  (British, historical, often capitalized, used on maps) An entry to a mill lead taken from a burn or stream (a mill lead (or mill waterway) is generally smaller than a canal but moves a large volume of water).
noun:  (anatomy, obsolete except in specific senses) A membrane.
noun:  The thin membrane which covers the lower intestines; the omentum.
noun:  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).
noun:  The surface of a press that makes contact with panel product, especially a removable plate or sheet.
noun:  (woodworking) A strip or block of wood used to distribute or direct clamping force.
noun:  (cooking) Caul fat.

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