The Traveling Caul Design **Clamp Problem Resolved*Final Pics, Project Complete**

[KenH]

Gotta ask.  I really don't want to read 7 pages of posts to ascertain the answer

I know that a caul is a rare membrane that can cover a newborn's face at birth.  It's also the name of a tight-fitting woman's hood/headdress.  

What the heck is a caul in the bowery world???  The term isn't in the official TradGang Glossary.

[passion for knowledge]

Wondered the same thing.

Looked all over etymolology sites and only the two you mention show up.

Here's what I found, just out of interest.

"close-fitting cap worn by women," from French cale "cap,"

the amnion enclosing the fetus before birth from 1540s. 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 World War I)

[Mad Max]

dvshunter is on the other forum that makes selfbows and he may know where the caul (form)
is.

there is more to Bowyering than fiberglass
   

[Lighterknot]

Someone on another site used the word "caul" in place of form and sure enough when i searched for it on here I got a lot more results for what I was looking for.