catgut
Violin string material
Catgut is a tough cord made from the dried intestines of sheep or other animals, used for surgical sutures and the strings of musical instruments like violins and tennis rackets.
Despite the name, cat intestines are not involved—the origin of "cat" in the word is uncertain.
The surgeon closed the wound with catgut sutures.
Medical wound closure
- ligatureCord for binding
- absorbableCan be taken in
- stitchesThread fastening wounds
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
sterile · surgeon · wound closure · dissolvable · chromic · tensile strength · healing · operating
Thin flexible lines
- violinBowed string instrument
- celloDeep-voiced bowed instrument
- violaMidrange bowed instrument
- harpPlucked orchestral strings
lute · guitar · fiddle · resonance · tone · tuning · vibrato · pizzicato
Excessively ornate or elaborate
- historical performanceArt recreating past styles
- luthierStringed instrument craftsperson
- viola da gambaFretted bowed string instrument
- harpsichordPlucked-string keyboard instrument
classical · authentic · traditional · handcrafted · early music · Stradivarius · renaissance · medieval
suture
Medical wound closure
- ligatureCord for binding
- absorbableCan be taken in
- stitchesThread fastening wounds
incision · sterile · surgeon · wound closure · dissolvable · chromic · tensile strength · healing · operating · hemostat
strings
Thin flexible lines
harp · lute · guitar · fiddle · resonance · tone · tuning · vibrato · pizzicato · bowing
baroque
Excessively ornate or elaborate
- historical performanceArt recreating past styles
- luthierStringed instrument craftsperson
- viola da gambaFretted bowed string instrument
harpsichord · classical · authentic · traditional · handcrafted · early music · Stradivarius · renaissance · medieval · ancient
sheep
Woolly farm animal
collagen · serosa · submucosa · natural · biological · connective tissue · processed · twisted · dried · cured
tennis
Racquet sport over net
stringing · tension · restringing · power · control · feel · playability
- animal productswool, leather, hide, pelt, fur
- misnomerskoala bear, starfish, jellyfish, horned toad, tin foil
- string instrumentsukulele, mandolin, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, classical guitar
- animal materialsfur, leather, hide, pelt, wool
- stringing thingsviolin strings, pearl necklace, nylon strings, steel strings, threading
- harp stringsnylon strings
catgutnylon
Synthetic textile polymer
synthetic fiber · nylon string · polyester · plastic · steel string