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deergut

deergut noun: the gut of a deer, traditionally used as a material.

Noun

deergut (uncountable)

  1. The gut of a deer, traditionally used as a material.
    • “The tradecraft of the modern-day special operator, parachuting into the Hindu Kush after the Taliban,” echoes “the efforts of men from a preindustrial community struggling through New England winters on hickory and deergut snowshoes,” Ross writes.2009 June 28, Marc Tracy, “Nonfiction Chronicle”, in New York Times

Origin of deergut

From deer + gut.

Questions about deergut

What does deergut mean?
Deergut means the gut of a deer, traditionally used as a material.
What part of speech is deergut?
Deergut is a noun.

Words near deergut in the dictionary

  1. deerfolds
  2. deerfood
  3. deerfoot vanilla leaf
  4. deergrass
  5. deergrasses
  6. deergut
  7. deerhair
  8. deerherd
  9. deerherds
  10. deerhood
  11. deerhorn

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