gorbelly

[ gawr-bel-ee ]

noun

, Obsolete.

, plural gor·bel·lies.

1. a protruding belly.

Other Words From

• gorbellied adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of gorbelly¹

1510–20; perhaps gore ¹ + belly; compare Swedish (dial.) går-bälg

Example Sentences

Here is the famous temple of the great deity Omasius Gorgut, or Gorbelly.

From Project Gutenberg

At last came in the dancers on the rope, and a gorbelly'd blockhead standing out with a ladder, commanded his boy to hopp every round singing, and dance a jigg on the top of it, and then tumble through burning hoops of iron, with a glass in his mouth.

From Project Gutenberg