bow·el 
(bouəl, boul)
(bouəl, boul)n.
1.
a. often bowels The intestine.
b. A part or division of the intestine: the large bowel.
2. bowels The interior of something: in the bowels of the ship.
3. bowels Archaic The seat of pity or the gentler emotions.
[Middle English, from Old French boel, from Latin botellus, small intestine, diminutive of botulus, sausage.]