Word Definition

Gut

  1. An intenstine; a bowel; the whole alimentary canal; the enteron; (pl.) bowels; entrails.
  2. One of the prepared entrails of an animal, esp. of a sheep, used for various purposes. See Catgut.
  3. The sac of silk taken from a silkworm (when ready to spin its cocoon), for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. This, when dry, is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fish line.
  4. To take out the bowels from; to eviscerate.
  5. To plunder of contents; to destroy or remove the interior or contents of; as, a mob gutted the bouse.
  6. A narrow passage of water; as, the Gut of Canso.