Disembowel (Verb)
Meaning
Remove the entrails of; "draw a chicken".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- To prepare the game bird for cooking, the chef had to disembowel it first and then rinse the cavity with cold water.
- The butcher carefully demonstrated to us how to disembowel a rabbit for the cooking class.
- A common step in butchering poultry is to disembowel them, making sure to remove all the internal organs and gizzards.
- In medieval times, the hanging, drawing, and quartering method of execution often involved disemboweling a person while they were still alive.
- The cooking instructor advised the students that they would have to learn how to disembowel a chicken before moving on to more complex recipes.