ripgut fence

English

noun

Definitions

(US) A type of fence made of criss-crossed pairs of wood poles, which was fairly common in western rangeland before the introduction of barbed wire.

Etymology

Compound from English rip (copy plagiarize data from a CD, etc. the internet, DVD) + English gut (intestines of an animal used to make strings, belly).

Origin

English

gut

Gloss

intestines of an animal used to make strings, belly

Concept

Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

deergut English
degut English
foregut English
gulligut English
gut English
gut up English
gut-shoot English
gut-wrenching English
gutbomb English
gutbread English
gutbucket English
gutbuster English
gutfeel English
gutful English
gutless English
gutlike English
gutling English
gutstring English
gutted English
guttle English
gutweed English
gutwort English
hindgut English
midgut English
mudgut English
pinch-gut English
rip English
ripcord English
ripgut brome English
riplock English
rippable English
ripper English
ripsaw English
ripstop English
riptide English
rotgut English
scrapegut English
siterip English
tailgut English
through-gut English
ungut English
unrip English
ripata Finnish
ripear Spanish, Castilian
ripar Portuguese
gut Middle English
rippen Middle English