caul

A style of close-fitting circular cap worn by women in the sixteenth 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 […]

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).

A membrane.

The thin membrane which covers the lower intestines; the omentum.

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).

I was born with a caul, which was advertised for sale, in the newspapers, at the low price of fifteen guineas.

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.