- To disembowel.
- Obsolete. To enclose.
[Obsolete French emboueler, alteration of Old French esbouler : es-, out of (from Latin ex-; see ex-) + Old French boeler (from boel, bouele, entrails; see bowel). Sense 2 : EN-1 + BOWEL.]
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em·bow·el (ĕm-bou'əl) ![]() |
| imbowel | |
| disembowel | |
| Tom Bradley (author) |
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