catgut

2 definitions found

catgut - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Catgut \Cat"gut`\, n. [Cat + gut.]
     1. A cord of great toughness made from the intestines of
        animals, esp. of sheep, used for strings of musical
        instruments, etc.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A sort of linen or canvas, with wide interstices.
        [1913 Webster]

catgut - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  catgut
      n 1: perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy
           leaves yellowish and rose flowers and; source of rotenone
           [syn: catgut, goat's rue, wild sweet pea, Tephrosia virginiana
           ]
      2: a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in
         surgery [syn: catgut, gut]