A style of close-fitting circular cap worn by women in the 16th century and later, often made of linen
Ne spared they to strip her naked all. / Then when they had despoild her tire and call, / Such as she was, their eyes might her behold .
The amnion which encloses the foetus before birth, especially that part of it which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth (traditionally considered to be good luck)
( 14c , 15c , 16c ) Headdress of hair arranged at each side of the head in silken cases Arrangement covered with net of silver or gold cord, inter spaced with jewels and beads Held in place by a golden headband or crown fitted over the upper edge of the caul Also GOLDEN NET CAUL, RETICULATED HEADDRESS, CREPINE, CRESTINE, CRESPINETTE
the inner embryonic membrane of higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
A part of the amnion, one of the membranes enveloping the fetus, which sometimes is round the head of a child at its birth
part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines
The fold of membrane loaded with fat, which covers more or less of the intestines in mammals; the great omentum
{i} part of the embryonic membrane which sometimes covers the head of a fetus at birth; close-fitting headgear worn inside the house, net worn on the head