caulk

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In some cases the cauls are drawn out at the sides to the form of a pair of bulls’ horns or of a mitre set sideways.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various

The parts are screwed down on heated metal beds, or between wooden frames, made so as to exactly fit the surfaces in every part, called "cauls," until the glue is hard.

From Intarsia and Marquetry by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)

Nay to such lengths has the mania for cauls been carried there, that they have been actually advertised for in the Times newspaper.

From Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver; The Geography Of An Irish Oath; The Lianhan Shee Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William

Isaiah, one of the greatest prophets under the law, had severely reproved the daughters of Israel on account of their tinkling ornaments, cauls, round tires, chains, bracelets, rings, and ear-rings.

From A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 by Clarkson, Thomas

A frontlet is mentioned as part of a woman's dress in Lyly's "Midas," 1592: "Hoods, frontlets, wires, cauls, curling-irons, periwigs, bodkins, fillets, hair laces, ribbons, rolls, knotstrings, glasses," &c.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by Hazlitt, William Carew