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词汇 caul
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c.1327, "close-fitting cap worn by women," from Fr. cale "cap," back-formation from calotte, from It. callotta, from L. calautica "type of female headdress with pendent lappets," a foreign word of unknown origin. Medical use, in ref. to various membranes, dates to 1382. Esp. of the amnion enclosing the fetus before birth from 1547. This, if the child is born draped in it, was supersititously supposed to protect against drowning (cauls were advertised for sale in British newspapers through WWI).
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