Bowelling

/ˈbaʊəlɪŋ/ verb

Definition

British spelling of 'boweling'; the action of removing bowels or the state of having intestines.

Etymology

From 'bowel' as a verb with British double-L convention, plus -ing suffix (like 'travelling,' 'modelling').

Kelly Says

Medieval surgeons and battlefield medics had to describe what they were doing in clinical terms—'bowelling' appears in historical medical and military texts as matter-of-fact vocabulary.

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