deergut

English

Etymology

From deer +‎ gut.

Noun

deergut (uncountable)

1. The gut of a deer, traditionally used as a material.
   • 2009 June 28, Marc Tracy, “Nonfiction Chronicle”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     “The tradecraft of the modern-day special operator, parachuting into the Hindu Kush after the Taliban,” echoes “the efforts of men from a preindustrial community struggling through New England winters on hickory and deergut snowshoes,” Ross writes.