blind gut

American  

noun

1. the cecum.

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blind gut British  

noun

1. informal another name for the caecum

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Etymology

Origin of blind gut

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

They are plantigrade, and are without a cæcum or blind gut; the skull, however it may approach to a viverrine or feline shape, has still marked arctoid characteristics.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage

If he took the wrong furrow, he could not cross from one blind gut into another, nor hope to meet the fugitive at any future turning.

From The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories by Foote, Mary Hallock

Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

The fine membrane called goldbeater’s skin, used for making up the shoder and mould, is the outer coat of the caecum or blind gut of the ox.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

The bridge of his nose, like a The blind gut, like a breastplate. wheelbarrow.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 by Motteux, Peter Anthony