1
: the large fatty omentum covering the intestines (as of a cow, sheep, or pig)
2
: the inner fetal membrane of higher vertebrates especially when covering the head at birth
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Your backdrop to everything surrounding the caul game was an excellent read.
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Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Yes, that was Mother in a nutshell, or a caul: an overemotional territory with no boundaries whatsoever.
—Will Self, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
In this preparation, the ground-beef filling is wrapped in a delicate cabbage-leaf caul, and then braised in canned tomato soup.
—Ruby Tandoh, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2024
And the child, Hallow, carries a caul.
—Time, 2 Apr. 2021
Less lucky was Gabriel, whose must-have ingredient was caul fat.
—oregonlive, 2 Apr. 2021
The Melancons are powerful and prosperous, thanks to their magical caul that has healing properties.
—Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 16 Dec. 2022
En caul is the term used when a baby is born inside the still-intact amniotic sac.
—Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 9 Mar. 2022
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Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Yes, that was Mother in a nutshell, or a caul: an overemotional territory with no boundaries whatsoever.
—Will Self, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
In this preparation, the ground-beef filling is wrapped in a delicate cabbage-leaf caul, and then braised in canned tomato soup.
—Ruby Tandoh, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2024
And the child, Hallow, carries a caul.
—Time, 2 Apr. 2021
Less lucky was Gabriel, whose must-have ingredient was caul fat.
—oregonlive, 2 Apr. 2021
The Melancons are powerful and prosperous, thanks to their magical caul that has healing properties.
—Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 16 Dec. 2022
En caul is the term used when a baby is born inside the still-intact amniotic sac.
—Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 9 Mar. 2022
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“Caul.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/caul. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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caul
noun1
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: the inner embryonic membrane of higher vertebrates especially when covering the head at birth
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