Dictionary entry

Disembowel

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Dis′em‐bow″el (dĭs′ĕm‐bou″ĕl), v. t. [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. “Her disemboweled web.” J. Philips.