embowel
[em-
bou
-
uh
l, -
boul
]
/ɛmˈbaʊ əl, -ˈbaʊl/
verb (used with object)
,
emboweled,
emboweling
or
(
especially British
)
embowelled,
embowelling.
1.
to
disembowel
.
2.
Obsolete.
to enclose.
Origin
1515-25;
em-
1
+
bowel
Related forms
unemboweled,
adjective
unembowelled,
adjective
British Dictionary definitions for
embowel
embowel
/
ɪmˈbaʊəl
/
verb
(
obsolete
)
1.
to bury or embed deeply
2.
another word for
disembowel