1.
gut; gut string (for racket or instrument)
String made from animal intestines (or synthetic equivalent), used to string tennis rackets, badminton rackets, and stringed musical instruments.
From English 'gut'. Originally referred to strings made from animal intestines; today most strings are nylon or synthetic, but the term ガット is still used for racket strings in general.
Common collocations
- ガットを張る: to string (a racket)
- ガットが切れる: (strings) to break
- ガットの張り替え: restringing
- ナチュラルガット: natural gut (true animal-gut string)
Note: Not to be confused with the homophone GATT (関税及び貿易に関する一般協定, the pre-WTO trade agreement), which is written the same way in katakana.