entrail

noun

en·trail

ˈen‧trəl,

-rāl

plural -s

archaic : an internal part of an animal body

entrails plural : bowels, guts, viscera

entrails plural : the interior or internal parts of something

hairy entrails of the sofa—

Berton Roueché

whole mountains had their entrails torn out—

Wyn Roberts

Word History

Etymology

Middle English entraille, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin intralia, alteration of Latin interanea, plural of interaneum intestine, from neuter of interaneus interior (akin to Latin inter between) + -aneus (as in extraneus external)

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler

The first known use of entrail was in the 13th century

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