bowel

Definition

A part or division of the intestines, usually the large intestine.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French bouel, from Old French boïel, from Latin botellus, diminutive of botulus (“sausage”). Doublet of boyau.

Example Sentences

• "And when he was hanged, brast asondre in the myddes, and all his bowels gusshed out."
• "Leaue words & let them feele your lances pointes, UUhich glided through the bowels of the Greekes."
• "The treasures were stored in the bowels of the ship."