单词 | caul |
释义 | cauln.1 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. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. 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. 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. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. CompoundsGeneral 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. 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 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 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 (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). < n.1a1327n.2c1000n.31483n.41851 |
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