1. The inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
   "The caul protects the developing foetus";
   - veil, embryonic membrane
    
2. Part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines
   "The surgeon carefully examined the caul during the abdominal procedure";
   - greater omentum, gastrocolic omentum

Sounds like: call

Derived forms: cauls

Type of: fetal membrane, omentum

Part of: placenta

Encyclopedia: Caul, Leonard