Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
, “midriff”). , “an enclosure”) the pericardium, or parts about the heart, is meant.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
a sort of ornamental head-dress, (Isaiah 3:18) with a net for its base. —ED.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary
CAUL. Isa 3:18. The attire of the head, made of net-work and ornamented. In Hos 13:8 the word "caul" denotes the pericardium, or membranous bag which encloses the heart. This word in the Pentateuch denotes one of the viscera, probably the great lobe of the liver.