— bowelless , adj.
/bow"euhl, bowl/ , n. , v. , boweled, boweling or ( esp. Brit. ) bowelled, bowelling .
n.
1. Anat.
a. Usually, bowels . the intestine.
b. a part of the intestine.
2. bowels ,
a. the inward or interior parts: the bowels of the earth.
b. Archaic. feelings of pity or compassion.
v.t.
3. to disembowel.
[ 1250-1300; ME b ( o ) uel botellus little sausage ( bot ( ulus ) sausage + -ellus -ELLE) ]