Usually means: Membranes covering newborns at birth.
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  1. cauls: Merriam-Webster
  2. cauls: Collins English Dictionary
  3. cauls: Vocabulary.com
  4. cauls: Wordnik
  5. cauls: Wiktionary
  6. Cauls, cauls: Dictionary.com
  7. cauls: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. cauls: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. cauls: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. cauls: Medical dictionary

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Cauls: Easton Bible

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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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