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单词 caul
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cauln.1

Brit. /kɔːl/, U.S. /kɔl/, /kɑl/
Forms: Middle English–1500s calle, 1500s caull(e, 1500s–1600s call, cal, kall, caule, cawle, 1600s kal, kaull, kawle, 1600s–1800s cawl, 1600s– caul. See also kell n.
Etymology: < French cale a kind of small cap or head-dress.
1.
a. A kind of close-fitting cap, worn by women: a net for the hair; a netted cap or head-dress, often richly ornamented. Obsolete exc. Historical.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > close-fitting > caul
caula1327
kella1400
cale1588
a1327 Pol. Songs (1839) 158 Heo..scrynketh for shome, ant shometh for men, Un-comely under calle.
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 725 And makyn hym a howe [hood] above a calle.
c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) i. §19. 11 A maner krokede strikes..like to the werk of a womanes calle.
c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 607 Reticulum, a calle.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 202/2 Call for Maydens, retz de soye.
1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. Aa.iiiiv On her head a caule of gold she ware.
1589 Voy. Sir F. Drake in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. sig. Mmm7 Feathers, and cals of net worke.
1697 A. de la Pryme Diary 1 Apr. (1870) i. 125 Having opend a coffin they found a skelliton, and, about the skull, an antient caul, which was a sort of cap or cornet that women wore formerly on their heads.
1729 T. Cooke Tales 92 With paralytic Hands she pulls the Caul From Head as naked as the Billiard-ball.
1834 J. R. Planché Hist. Brit. Costume 114 The hair..gathered up behind into a caul of golden network.
b. The netted substructure of a wig. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > parts of wig
browa1500
foretop1603
dildo1688
caul1693
neck-locka1764
knocker1818
1693 London Gaz. No. 2897/4 A..Perriwig..with a Seal on the Caul almost worn of.
1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. xxxiii. 152 He..inserted his hand..betwixt his head and the cawl of his wig.
1786 J. Wolcot Bozzy & Piozzi 29 To the fore-top of his wig..Down to the very net-work, nam'd the caul.
c. The hinder portion of a woman's cap.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > back
caul1756
kell1871
1756 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) III. 400 Her cap..had a very good effect with a pompon; and behind, where you may suppose the bottom of the caul, a knot of diamonds.
1798 J. Austen Let. 18 Dec. (1995) 25 I took the liberty a few days ago of asking your Black velvet Bonnet to lend me its cawl.
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 387/2 Net for making caps and ‘cauls’, which are the plain portion at the back, to be trimmed or edged according to the purchaser's taste.
1862 Mrs. H. Wood Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles i. xii. 61 The peculiar net cap, with its high caul and neat little border.
2. gen. A net for wrapping something in; any ornamental network. Obsolete.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > with open texture > net or mesh > other
caul1481
mosquito netting1768
whip-net1839
filet1881
Grecian netting1882
vitrage net (also cloth)1886
pig net1948
micromesh1959
1481–90 Howard Househ. Bks. (1841) 339 Item for iij. callis iiijd. ob.
1552 in Surrey Archæol. Coll. (1869) 4 73 A calle for the pyx.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. lvii. 732 A greene thicke huske..under the same..certayne thinne skinnes, lyke to cawles or nettes.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 199 The women..weare a large long cawle or sack, lik net-worke, which as a garment hides them wholy.
1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iv. §3. ii. 373 An Indian Mantle of Feathers, and the Feathers wrought into a caul of pack-thread.
3. A spider's web. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Aranea > member of (spider) > web
webOE
netOE
cobweb1323
lop-webc1400
wevet1499
attercop1530
spider-web1535
caul1548
mouseweb1556
spider coba1571
twail1608
spider's cloth1638
cockweba1642
texturea1774
worm-web1822
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xxx Lyke a spyder that dayly weueth when hys calle is torne.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 360 The low-rooft broken walls (In steed of Arras) hang with Spiders caules.
1631 R. Brathwait Whimzies i. 7 His shelves..are subtilly inter-woven with Spiders Caules.
figurative.1594 W. Percy Sonnets to Fairest Coelia iv. sig. Aivv What be mens sighs, but cals of guilefulnesse?
4. Anatomy. Any investing membrane or structure, as the membranes of the brain. caul of the heart: apparently the pericardium; also figurative (from Hosea xiii. 8; cf. Joel ii. 13). Obsolete in general sense.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > bodily substance > membrane > [noun]
rimeOE
hameOE
skina1398
caul1398
shrine1398
tunicle1398
panniclea1400
pelliculea1400
slougha1400
membrane?a1425
pellicle?a1425
pellet?1440
enfolder1545
kell1545
involucre1578
skinlet1598
striffena1612
swathe1615
veil1639
tunic1661
swath-band1668
involucruma1676
wall1682
panniculus1702
theca1807
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. iii. 107 A merueyllous calle in whiche calle the brayne is wounded and by~clypped.
1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 12 Calles betwixt the uttermoste skinne and the fleshe.
1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke iv. i. 170 The filme or caull, that girdeth in the ribbes.
1611 Bible (King James) Hosea xiii. 8 I..will rent the kall of their heart. View more context for this quotation
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician iii. 112 Worms are bred in the heart and in its Caul.
figurative.1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 16v Who so is blinded with the caule of beautie.1636 D. Featley Clavis Mystica ii. 26 Custome in sinne hath drawne a kall over my conscience.1643 S. Marshall Copy of Let. 15 Their long conversing with God-dam~mee's hath..drawn such a kawl over their hearts, that to them damnation is ridiculous.
5. spec.
a. The fatty membrane investing the intestines; the epiploön or omentum.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > internal organs > cavities occupied by internal organs > [noun] > abdomen > membranes of
neteOE
caul1382
siphac1398
zirbusa1400
womb cloutc1400
mesentery?a1425
omentum?a1425
peritoneum?a1425
paunch clout1440
epiploön?1541
mesenterium?1541
mesaraeum1543
rim1565
kell1578
rind1585
belly-piece1591
coif1597
cell1607
reticulum1615
mesocolon1684
mesogaster1807
mesocaecum1835
ruffle1846
mesogastrium1848
mid-gut1875
mesovarium1882
mesocyst1890
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xxix. 13 The calle of the mawe, and the two kydneers.
c1440 Anc. Cookery in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 442 Wynde hom in the calle of the swyne.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Alzatin, the fat cawle, or kell, wherein the bowels are lapt.
1713 W. Cheselden Anat. Humane Body iii. v. 100 Omentum or Cawl, is a fine Membrane larded with Fat, somewhat like Net-work.
1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xi. 209 The omentum, epiploon, or cawl, is an apron, tucked up, or doubling upon itself, at its lowest part.
b. The amnion or inner membrane enclosing the fœtus before birth; esp. this or a portion of it sometimes enveloping the head of the child at birth, superstitiously regarded as of good omen, and supposed to be a preservative against drowning.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > embryo or fetus > membranes, etc., of embryo or fetus > [noun] > membranes enclosing
houve1530
kell1530
cotyledon1540
chorion1545
coif1545
hoop-caul1545
shirt1545
caul1547
sillyhow1574
biggin1611
guard1611
allantoides1615
allantois1615
allantoid1633
amnios1657
amnion1667
heam1681
vitta1693
indusium1706
silly-hood1836
the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > charm or amulet > for luck > specific
nicetery1652
horseshoe1665
rabbit's foot1680
pocket-piece1695
luck penny1703
luck money1820
caul1826
windbag1870
wind-knot1870
billiken1914
four-leaf clover1927
paho1979
1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. Cxxv A skyn or a cal in the which a child doth lie in the mothers bely.
1612 B. Jonson Alchemist i. ii. sig. Cv Yo' were borne with a Caule o' your head. View more context for this quotation
1798 T. Morton Secrets Worth Knowing i. 9 Was he not born with a cawl?
1826 T. Hood Sea Spell In his pouch confidingly He wore a baby's caul.
1849 C. Dickens David Copperfield (1850) i. 1 I was born with a caul, which was advertised for sale, in the newspapers, at the low price of fifteen guineas.

Compounds

General attributive.
C1. (In senses 1, 2.)
a.
caul fringe n.
ΚΠ
1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures (1663) xxxii. 129 A cloth of state of white damask..with a deep cawl frenge of green silk and gold.
caul silk n.
ΚΠ
1483 Act 1 Rich. III x. §1 Laces, calle sylk or coleyn silk throwen or wrought.
caul work n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > netting
caul work1577
netting1632
net-making1757
1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. xv. i. 272 Some ladies exercise their fingers..in caulworke.
1830 G. P. R. James Darnley II. xii. 278 Here stood a frame for caul work.
b.
caul-visarded adj. Obsolete
ΚΠ
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 71v (Masker-like) cawle-visarded.
C2. (In sense 5a.)
caul fat n.
ΚΠ
1882 Daily Tel. 29 Aug. 5/1 When oleomargarine is made from caul fat.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

cauln.2

Etymology: < Latin caulis, in Greek καυλός stem, stalk, especially cabbage-stalk, cabbage. Already in Old English in sense 1, in forms caul , cawl , cawel : see also cawel n., cole n.1, kale n.
Obsolete.
1. A cabbage. Also in combination caul-stock, a cabbage-stalk, castock n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > cabbage or kale > [noun] > cabbage
caulc1000
cabbage1391
cabbage cole1577
cabbage-colewort1600
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > cabbage or kale > cabbage
caulc1000
wortc1325
cabbage1391
cabbage cole1577
cabbage-colewort1600
c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 240 Genim þysse wyrte croppas þe man brassicam siluaticam, & oðrum naman caul nemneþ.
a1100 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 323 (Plant Names) Caula, vel magudaris, caul.
a1300 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 559/4 Caulus, i. cholet, i. kaul.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xvii. xxii. (MS.) Men may graffe on a bete stok, as men doþ on a caule stok [1495 caustocke].
1590 R. Payne Briefe Descr. Ireland (1841) 9 The profite of the swine, winter milke, caules.
1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Cabbage Cauls and Sprouts.
2. Stem, stalk.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [noun]
stealc700
stemc888
spirea1000
stalka1366
caulc1420
codd?1440
stalec1440
thighc1440
shank1513
pipe?1523
start?1523
spindle1577
leg1597
scape1601
haulm1623
caulicle1657
culm1657
thyrse1658
scapus1704
stemlet1838
stam1839
caulis1861
caulome1875
tige1900
c1420 Pallad. on Husb. xi. 381 Take leef, or roote, or caule of malowe agrest.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

cauln.3

Etymology: < Latin caulae opening, sheepfold.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
A sheepfold.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > folding sheep > fold or pen
sheepfolda1430
caul1483
boughta1522
sheep-garth1570
wool-hurdle1586
barkary?1592
sheep-pen1649
ovil1674
night-lair1688
turnip-tray1805
sheep-ree1817
stow1856
dead-fold1897
sheep-camp1911
check-pen1922
1483 Cath. Angl. 56 A Caule, caula.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Dii/2 A Caule, pen, caula.
1691 J. Ray N. Country Words (E.D.S.) Cawel, chors [cohors].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

cauln.4

Etymology: ? < French cale, thin piece of wood, stone, or the like, inserted under an object to level it or steady it: of uncertain origin; compare Latin cāla piece or billet of wood, and see Littré.
(See quot.)
ΚΠ
1851 C. Cist Sketches & Statistics Cincinnati 206 The glue and cauls..are heated by steam.
1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 506/1 Caul, a heated board used in laying down large veneers. Its heat keeps up the fluidity of the glue until all that is superfluous has been pressed out at the edges.
1881 Mechanic §596. 277 An instrument the shape of the curve..called a ‘caul’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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