gorbelly

gorbelly [gawr-bel-ee] ExamplesWord Origin noun, plural gor·bel·lies. Obsolete.

1. a protruding belly.

Origin of gorbelly 1510–20; perhaps gore1 + belly; compare Swedish (dial.) går-bälg Related formsgor·bel·lied, adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for gorbellied Historical Examples of gorbellied

He then asked the skipper what the idle lobcocks used to sacrifice to their gorbellied god on interlarded fish-days.

Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete.

Francois Rabelais