Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A part or division of the intestines, usually the large intestine. · The entrails or intestines; the internal organs of the stomach. · The (deep) interior of something. · The seat of pity or the gentler emotions; pity or mercy.
To disembowel.
Borrowed from Middle French bouel, from Old French boïel, from Latin botellus, diminutive of botulus (“sausage”). Doublet of boyau.
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