Definition of: bowel

(bou′əl, boul) noun
1. An intestine.
2. plural The intestines or entrails collectively.
3. plural The inner part of anything: the bowels of the earth.
4. plural The intestinal regions, formerly considered as the seat of the tender emotions; hence, pity; compassion; heart.
—v.t. ·eled or ·elled, ·el·ing or ·el·ling To remove the bowels from; disembowel. [<OF boel <L botellus, dim. of botulus sausage]