Definition of "embowel" [em•bow•el]

• To disembowel. (verb-transitive)
• Obsolete To enclose. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Thanks to the wonders of the English language “embowel” means the same as “disembowel”."
• "[Rising up] Embowelled! if thou embowel me to-day,"
• "Embowelled! if thou embowel me to-day, I’ll give you leave to powder me and eat me too, to-morrow."