gut
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- noun
- /ɡʌt/
- Specialized
- The surgeon used a piece of gut to stitch the wound closed.
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Watch on YouTubeOf course, sheep gut, the strings are made out of the intestines of sheep.
- Of course, sheep gut, the strings are made out of the intestines of sheep.
- There was a even better twine then waxed twine and it's artificial cat gut.
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Of course, sheep gut, the strings are made out of the intestines of sheep.
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I used some cat gut to hold the triangle all the way up.
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I got one white garbage bag, a spool of cat gut thread, 800 yards of 80 lb.
Fiction book (1996) -
Two or three tacking sutures of 4-0 plain or chromic gut hold the flap in place.
Academic text (2007) -
In the past, musicians often used gut strings for their instruments.
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He carefully selected the gut for his fishing line to ensure its durability.
Synonyms
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A strong cord made from animal intestines used for sewing wounds and instrument strings
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Etymology
Gut for a strong cord comes from using animal guts (cleaned intestines) as string, so early tennis rackets and medical stitches were made from this material and the name 'gut' stayed for that kind of strong thread.