caul /ˈkɔl/
 胎膜
 caul /ˈkɔl/ 名詞
 大網膜,胎頭羊膜
 Caul n.
 1. A covering of network for the head, worn by women; also, a net.
 2. Anat. The fold of membrane loaded with fat, which covers more or less of the intestines in mammals; the great omentum. See Omentum.
    The caul serves for the warming of the lower belly.   --Ray.
 3. A part of the amnion, one of the membranes enveloping the fetus, which sometimes is round the head of a child at its birth; -- called also a veil.
    It is deemed lucky to be with a caul or membrane over the face. This caul is esteemed an infallible preservative against drowning . . . According to Chrysostom, the midwives frequently sold it for magic uses.   --Grose.
    I was born with a caul, which was advertised for sale, in the newspapers, at the low price of fifteen guineas.   --Dickens.
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 caul
      n 1: part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the
           colon and covering the intestines [syn: greater omentum,
            gastrocolic omentum]
      2: the inner embryonic membrane of higher vertebrates
         (especially when covering the head at birth) [syn: veil,
          embryonic membrane]
 Caul
    (Heb. yothe'reth; i.e., "something redundant"), the membrane
    which covers the upper part of the liver (Ex. 29:13, 22; Lev.
    3:4, 10, 15; 4:9; 7:4; marg., "midriff"). In Hos. 13:8 (Heb.
    seghor; i.e., "an enclosure") the pericardium, or parts about
    the heart, is meant.