单词 | caul |
释义 | caul caul1 /kawl/, n. 1. a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth. 2. See greater omentum. 3. a net lining in the back of a woman's cap or hat. 4. a cap or hat of net formerly worn by women. [1300-50; ME calle < MF cale, prob. back formation from calotte kind of cap; see CALOTTE] caul2 /kawl/, n. a form or plate for pressing a veneer or veneers being glued to a backing or to each other. [ < F cale shim < G Keil wedge] |
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