an intact amniotic sac surrounding the fetus at birth. The sac usually ruptures or is ruptured during the course of labor or delivery. When it remains intact, it must be torn or cut to allow the baby to breathe. In the past, pieces of the caul were sold to sailors as a good luck token that would protect the bearer from death by drowning.

caul [kawl]

a part of the amniotic sac that sometimes envelops the head of the fetus at birth.

caul, caul fat

meat hygiene term for the omentum and its contained fat depots.

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amniocentesis amnion caul fat epiploic foramen greater omentum hydramnios pileus veil			Later, as in late autumn, there will be the mass-produced wax berries, and perhaps an unearthed wasps' nest like a paper skull, where fragile cauls of cobweb start to shine. In Ipsley Church Lane I by Hill, Geoffrey / New Criterion This collection describes some of the most important cauls of taints and off-flavours, how they can be identified and dealt with. Taints and off-flavours in food by Food Trade Review those made and sold in penny-widths up to six pennies wide, such as tapes, ribbons, garters, fringes, tassels, galloons, girdles, inkles, cauls, trimmings, gimps, hatbands, braids and livery and other laces" (24). The Sempster's Wares: Merchandising and Marrying in The Fair Maid of ... by GREEN, JUANA / Renaissance Quarterly			caudal flexure caudal ligaments caudal regression syndrome caudal retinaculum caudal transverse fissure caudate caudate lobe caudate lobe of the liver caudate nucleus caudate process caudatum caudectomy caudocephalad caudoexternal caudoinferior caudolateral caudomedian caudosuperior caul caul fat cauliflower cauliflower ear Cauliflower Lesion caulophyllum Caulophyllum thalictroides cauls caumesthesia caus- causal causal factor causal hypothesis causal hypothesis testing study causal treatment causalgia causality causation cause cause of action cause of cancer Cause of death cause, final cause-specific mortality rate CAUSN caustic caustic poisoning caustic soda caustics CAUT cauterant cauterization cauterize			caulking cartridge caulking compound caulking ferrule Caulking gun Caulking gun Caulking iron caulking recess Caulkins, Tracy caulks caulks Caulliflower Caulliflower Caulliflower Caulobacter Caulobacter crescentus Caulobacter Vibrioides Caulobacteraceae Caulobacterales caulocarpic Caulocarpous Caulococcus Caulodon Caulodon Caulome Caulome Caulophyllum Caulophyllum Caulophyllum thalictrioides Caulophyllum thalictroides Caulophyllum thalictroides cauls CAUM Cauma Cauma CAUMAC CAUMC caumesthesia Caumsett State Historic Park Caumsett State Park Caunterbury Caunterbury CAUP CAUPA CAUPD Caupolican Caupolicán Cauponize CAUPR CAURA CAURA Caura Valley Farmers Association CAURS CAURW CAURWA CAUS Caus, Salomon de

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