2. Noun. (chiefly in the plural) The remains after gutting a fish. ¹
3. Adjective. (British) disheartening, crushing ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gutting
1. gut [v] - See also: gut
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gutting
Literary usage of Gutting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Social life of the Chinese: With Some Account of Their Religious by Justus Doolittle (1866)
"Banking, Bank-hills, and Cash: Banks private.—Former Government Bank-bills.—Iron
Cosh.—"gutting" Banks.—Panic among Bankers.—Running a Bank.—Ancient Cash. ..."
2. The Parliamentary Debates: Official Report by Northern Ireland Parliament. House of Commons (1884)
"... that the Government are frequently subjected to an extra charge of 10 per
cent, which tradesmen put on because of the difficulty in gutting their money. ..."
3. Two Months in the Highlands, Orcadia, and Skye by Charles Richard Weld (1860)
"The gutting Process.—A Company of silent Women.—How to eviscerate a Herring.—Rapidity
of the Performance.—Wages of the Gutters.—Number of Herrings gutted. ..."
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