DISEMBOWELLING

DISEMBOWEL

disembowel, eviscerate, draw

(verb) remove the entrails of; “draw a chicken”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

disembowelling

(chiefly, British, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, Irish, South African) present participle of disembowel

Noun

disembowelling (plural disembowellings)

The act by which somebody is disembowelled.

Source: Wiktionary


DISEMBOWEL

Dis`em*bow"el, v. t. Etym: [See Embowel.]

1. To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate. Soon after their death, they are disemboweled. Cook. Roaring floods and cataracts that sweep From disemboweled earth the virgin gold. Thomson.

2. To take or draw from the body, as the web of a spider. [R.] "Her disemboweled web." J. Philips.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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