I know that; but did not you hear Mrs. catgut say it was fashionable?
A simple hygrometer can be made by a piece of catgut and a straw.
The perpetual use of bougies, either of catgut or of caoutchouc.
The other end of the catgut is fixed to the peg which fits in the hole in the roof.
Then he bound her with the catgut, so that she was not able by any means to unloose herself.
Like the viola da gamba, it has six strings and catgut frets.
Uncle Billy was off now in earnest, with a squeaking and a shrieking of the catgut.
To this he fastened a long piece of catgut, and carried it through the floor.
It had four strings of silk or catgut, and a very long neck.
Gutta percha and vulcanised india rubber are now applied to many of the purposes formerly exclusively occupied by catgut.
catgut cat·gut (kāt'gŭt')
n.
A tough, thin cord made from the treated and stretched intestines of certain animals, especially sheep, and used for surgical ligatures.
