CAUL, noun 1. In anatomy, a membrane in the abdomen, covering the greatest part of the lower intestines, called from its structure, reticuluim, a net, but more generally, the omentum; also, a little membrane sometimes encompassing the head of a child when born. 2. A kind of net in which females inclose their hair; the hinder part of a cap. 3. Any kind of net.
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