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What's cat gut?

Can you still get a tennis racquet strung with cat gut? Is cat gut really the guts of a cat?

Sure, I could just ask the internet. But I'd rather ask you.

Matthew Richter asked in Sports & Recreation about 1 year ago | Report

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    It is used for suturing, musical instrument strings or apparently for tennis racquets.

    I understand it is in fact made from sheep intestines, or at least it was when my pa was using it to suture animals up.

    Wikipedia says you can still get a tennis racquet strung with it.

    ozchick answered in Sports & Recreation about 1 year ago | Report
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    The intestines of a goat, donkey, et al. Never actual feline guts.
    Wiki has a fascinating link to the etymology. It was either KIT gut or kitstring (kit = fiddle), or Cattlegut, and was shortened for both practical and superstitious effect:
    http://books.google.com/books?id=LbMCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA811&lpg=PA811&dq=catgut+etymology&source=bl&ots=azXN-6qAYO&sig=gIhmHEvYO0RH-y80bd12PPw-UBg&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result#v=onepage&q=catgut%20etymology&f=false

    Rev.Enant answered in Sports & Recreation about 1 year ago | Report
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