{i} string made from dried intestines of sheep or horses (used for surgical sutures, violin strings, tennis rackets, etc.); perennial low-growing woody shrub found in east North America with fluffy leaves and yellowish and rose flowers (source of rotenone)
a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy leaves yellowish and rose flowers and; source of rotenone
cat gut
Turkish pronunciation
kät gʌt
Pronunciation
/ˈkat ˈgət/ /ˈkæt ˈɡʌt/
Etymology
[ 'kat ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English catt, probably from Late Latin cattus, catta cat.