caul 1
/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 cale, prob. back formation from calotte kind of cap; see CALOTTE ]
caul 2
/kawl/ , n.
a form or plate for pressing a veneer or veneers being glued to a backing or to each other.
[ cale shim Keil wedge ]