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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
caul /kɔːl/

▶noun

1 the amniotic membrane enclosing a fetus.
■ part of this membrane occasionally found on a child's head at birth, thought to bring good luck.

2 Anatomy the omentum.

– origin ME: perh. from OFr. cale ‘head covering’.

'caul' also found in these Oxford entries:

amnion - chaulmoogra - cole

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