ENTRAIL

Etymology 1

Verb

entrail (third-person singular simple present entrails, present participle entrailing, simple past and past participle entrailed)

(archaic) To interweave or bind.

(heraldry) To outline in black.

Etymology 2

Noun

entrail (plural entrails)

(usually used in the plural) singular of entrails.; an internal organ of an animal.

(archaic) Entanglement; fold.

Synonyms

• innard, gut, tharm, intestine

Anagrams

• Latiner, art line, larnite, latrine, line art, ratline, reliant, retinal, trainel, trenail

Source: Wiktionary


En*trail", v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + OF. treiller to grate, lattice, F. treille vine, arbor. See Trellis.]

Definition: To interweave; to intertwine. [Obs.] Spenser.

En*trail", n.

Definition: Entanglement; fold. [Obs.] Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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