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caul
English
Alternative forms
- call [16th-17th c.]
- cawl
Etymology
From Middle English, from Middle French and Old French cale (“head covering”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /k??l/
- Rhymes: -??l
Noun
caul (plural cauls)
- (historical) A style of close-fitting circular cap worn by women in the sixteenth century and later, often made of linen. [from 14th c.]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.vii:
- 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 […]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.vii:
- (Britain, historical, often capitalized, used on maps) An entry to a mill lead taken from a burn or stream (a mill lead (or mill waterway) is generally smaller than a canal but moves a large volume of water). [chiefly 1800-1950]
- (anatomy, obsolete except in specific senses) A membrane. [14th-17th c.]
- The thin membrane which covers the lower intestines; the omentum. [from 14th c.]
- 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). [from 16th c.]
- 1849, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, I ¶ 4:
- I was born with a caul, which was advertised for sale, in the newspapers, at the low price of fifteen guineas.
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society (2012), page 182:
- Even in the mid seventeenth century a country gentleman might regard his caul as a treasure to be preserved with great care, and bequeathed to his descendants.
- 1849, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, I ¶ 4:
- The surface of a press that makes contact with panel product, especially a removable plate or sheet.
- (woodworking) A strip or block of wood used to distribute or direct clamping force.
- (cooking) Caul fat.
Translations
Anagrams
- ACLU, LUCA, Luca, UCLA
Dalmatian
Etymology
From Latin caulis.
Noun
caul
- cabbage
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Noun
caul
- Alternative form of caule
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caulk
English
Alternative forms
- calk
Etymology
From Old Northern French cauquer, from Late Latin calic?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??k/
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /k?k/
- Rhymes: -??k
- Homophone: cock (some accents)
- Homophone: cork (some accents)
- IPA(key): /kælk/ (some US)
- Rhymes: -ælk (some US)
- Homophones: calc, calk, calque (some US)
Noun
caulk (countable and uncountable, plural caulks)
- Caulking.
- A composition of vehicle and pigment used at ambient temperatures for filling/sealing joints or junctures, that remains elastic for an extended period of time after application.
- Alternative form of calk (“pointed projection on a horseshoe”)
Translations
Verb
caulk (third-person singular simple present caulks, present participle caulking, simple past and past participle caulked)
- (nautical) To drive oakum into the seams of a ship's wooden deck or hull to make it watertight.
- To apply caulking to joints, cracks, or a juncture of different materials.
- (slang) fuck
Translations
See also
- Caulking on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Lauck, Luka?
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