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单词 caul
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Definition of caul in English:

caul

noun kɔːlkɔl
  • 1The amniotic membrane enclosing a fetus.

    胎头羊膜

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Thus he ordered the ‘Triada special’, a huge kofte of chicken, veal and pork enclosed in some sort of natural caul and charcoal-grilled, which he pronounced heavenly.
    • Haggis turned up again as the stuffing of a chicken fillet wrapped in caul and the salmon reappeared in a salad with citrus mayonnaise.
    • The result is an offal meatball which is wrapped in the pig's caul.
    • Personally, I like to wrap the whole thing in pigs' caul before tying, but I appreciate that this wouldn't suit everyone.
    • Around this, fold a layer of Bayonne ham, the two layers of caul and tie gently in 3 or four places.
    • This is a sort of cake, roll or ball, made of chopped liver and lights, mixed with gravy, and wrapped in pieces of pig's caul.
    • They made theirs of pig offal, enclosed in the cleaned caul of a pig (the caul is a membrane surrounding the intestines).
    1. 1.1 Part of the caul occasionally found on a child's head at birth, thought to bring good luck.
      (出生婴儿头上的)胎头羊膜状东西(据信能带来好运气)
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The ‘second skin,’ characteristic of both those born in a caul and ‘skin shifters,’ is, therefore, like a serpent skin.
      • Dr. Potato emails from the Phillipines to share another superstition about the caul - that it's associated with a sixth sense.
      • Here we learn of parish priests acting like spell-casting wizards, placing the cauls of newborn infants under the altar in order to give them magical properties.
      • In Dalmatian folk belief, for example, a girl born in a red caul became a morica when she grew up, and when she married she became a witch.
      • A translucent head which was little more than a gelatinous bag closed over the mayor's head like a caul.
      • Nothing unusual in that, you might say, except this heart-shaped locket was made to hold the caul, which covered the baby's head when he was born.
      • The range was wide, covering subjects such as baptismal customs, remembrance notices in the press, Essex girl jokes, modern witches, cauls and the puns in the names of hairdressing establishments.
      • Being born with a caul, therefore, reveals an essential duality, which relates to the notion of being born in a ‘second skin’.
      • The caul of Jaimie Clare Noonan (blessed by Chaplain Loch) now rests in a special casket.
  • 2historical A woman's close-fitting indoor headdress or hairnet.

    〈史〉(室内用)女子头饰,发网

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The sheath and cord, or ‘cauls and strings,’ as they were called, were sometimes accompanied by a purse, as is the case with the set in nearly perfect condition shown in Plate III.
    • Halpern kept his arms crossed and eyes forward, while Ren was grinning and tucking a few stray hairs up under a mesh caul.
    • He held his hands out in the near blackness of the chapel, brushing against her caul.
  • 3Anatomy
    The omentum.

    〔剖〕网膜

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Wrap the caul fat tightly around the pork chops, trimming off any excess.
    • Season with salt and pepper and tie string around each saddle to secure the caul fat.
    • Season, wrap each rack in caul fat, and set aside.
    • Arrange a piece of caul fat on a flat work surface.
    • Invert each of the eye loins, terrine side down, onto the caul fat.

Origin

Middle English: perhaps from Old French cale 'head covering', but recorded earlier.

Rhymes

all, appal (US appall), awl, Bacall, ball, bawl, befall, Bengal, brawl, call, crawl, Donegal, drawl, drywall, enthral (US enthrall), fall, forestall, gall, Galle, Gaul, hall, haul, maul, miaul, miscall, Montreal, Naipaul, Nepal, orle, pall, Paul, pawl, Saul, schorl, scrawl, seawall, Senegal, shawl, small, sprawl, squall, stall, stonewall, tall, thrall, trawl, wall, waul, wherewithal, withal, yawl

Definition of caul in US English:

caul

nounkôlkɔl
  • 1The amniotic membrane enclosing a fetus.

    胎头羊膜

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Around this, fold a layer of Bayonne ham, the two layers of caul and tie gently in 3 or four places.
    • The result is an offal meatball which is wrapped in the pig's caul.
    • They made theirs of pig offal, enclosed in the cleaned caul of a pig (the caul is a membrane surrounding the intestines).
    • Thus he ordered the ‘Triada special’, a huge kofte of chicken, veal and pork enclosed in some sort of natural caul and charcoal-grilled, which he pronounced heavenly.
    • Haggis turned up again as the stuffing of a chicken fillet wrapped in caul and the salmon reappeared in a salad with citrus mayonnaise.
    • Personally, I like to wrap the whole thing in pigs' caul before tying, but I appreciate that this wouldn't suit everyone.
    • This is a sort of cake, roll or ball, made of chopped liver and lights, mixed with gravy, and wrapped in pieces of pig's caul.
    1. 1.1 Part of the amniotic membrane occasionally found on a child's head at birth, thought to bring good luck.
      (出生婴儿头上的)胎头羊膜状东西(据信能带来好运气)
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Being born with a caul, therefore, reveals an essential duality, which relates to the notion of being born in a ‘second skin’.
      • In Dalmatian folk belief, for example, a girl born in a red caul became a morica when she grew up, and when she married she became a witch.
      • Here we learn of parish priests acting like spell-casting wizards, placing the cauls of newborn infants under the altar in order to give them magical properties.
      • The range was wide, covering subjects such as baptismal customs, remembrance notices in the press, Essex girl jokes, modern witches, cauls and the puns in the names of hairdressing establishments.
      • The caul of Jaimie Clare Noonan (blessed by Chaplain Loch) now rests in a special casket.
      • Dr. Potato emails from the Phillipines to share another superstition about the caul - that it's associated with a sixth sense.
      • A translucent head which was little more than a gelatinous bag closed over the mayor's head like a caul.
      • The ‘second skin,’ characteristic of both those born in a caul and ‘skin shifters,’ is, therefore, like a serpent skin.
      • Nothing unusual in that, you might say, except this heart-shaped locket was made to hold the caul, which covered the baby's head when he was born.
  • 2historical A woman's close-fitting indoor headdress or hairnet.

    〈史〉(室内用)女子头饰,发网

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He held his hands out in the near blackness of the chapel, brushing against her caul.
    • The sheath and cord, or ‘cauls and strings,’ as they were called, were sometimes accompanied by a purse, as is the case with the set in nearly perfect condition shown in Plate III.
    • Halpern kept his arms crossed and eyes forward, while Ren was grinning and tucking a few stray hairs up under a mesh caul.
  • 3Anatomy
    The omentum.

    〔剖〕网膜

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Arrange a piece of caul fat on a flat work surface.
    • Season with salt and pepper and tie string around each saddle to secure the caul fat.
    • Wrap the caul fat tightly around the pork chops, trimming off any excess.
    • Season, wrap each rack in caul fat, and set aside.
    • Invert each of the eye loins, terrine side down, onto the caul fat.

Origin

Middle English: perhaps from Old French cale ‘head covering’, but recorded earlier.

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