A membrane; a thin layer of skin or tissue. Obsolete.

A covering, esp. a natural covering, integument; skin, membrane, slough (of a serpent).

A thin layer of tissue lining an internal part of the body; esp. the peritoneum or pleura. Cf. mesothelium, n. Now only in gold-beater's skin n. at g…

Anatomy. Any investing membrane or structure, as the membranes of the brain. caul of the heart: apparently the pericardium; also figurative (from…

transferred. Used for: An enclosing membrane. Obsolete.

A membrane enclosing a bodily organ, part of a plant, etc.; = tunic, n. 4. Obsolete (or rare and archaic).

Anatomy and Zoology. Originally: a membrane or thin sheet or layer of tissue in a human or animal body; spec. (more fully carnous pannicle, fleshy pa…

= pellicle, n.

A skin, caul, or membrane, enclosing or covering the body or some part of it.

Anatomy and Zoology. A thin sheet of tissue or layer of cells, usually serving to cover or line an organ or part, or to separate or connect parts…

A small or thin skin; a fine sheet or layer covering a surface or (occasionally) enclosing a cavity; a membrane, a cuticle, a film.

A thin skin or membrane; a pellicle. Obsolete. rare.

One who or something which enfolds; †in quot. spec. an enveloping membrane.

Anatomy. An investing membrane or film: = caul, n.1 4.

That which envelops or enwraps; a case, covering, envelope; spec. in Anatomy, a membranous envelope, as the pericardium.

A thin skin; a membrane.

A thin membranous film; a thin skin or membrane.

transferred. A natural formation constituting a wrapping; †a covering membrane, integument; an object that enwraps something, as a cloud.

A piece of amnion covering the head or other parts of a newborn baby; = caul, n.1 5b.

transferred. Anatomy. A membranous sheath enveloping or lining an organ of the body; a ‘coat’.

transferred. An enveloping membrane. rare.

Outer covering, envelope; covering membrane; = involucre, n. 1.

Anatomy and Zoology. The membranous investment or lining tissue (of any organ or cavity of the body, of a vesicle, tumour, and the like). Also Botany…

A membrane or sheet of tissue; spec. the panniculus carnosus or panniculus adiposus. Cf. pannicle, n. 1.

Zoology and Anatomy. A case or sheath enclosing some organ or part: as