Paunch
Paunch (panch or panch; 277) , noun
[Old French panch, pance, French panse, Latin pantex, panticis.]
1.
(Anatomy) The belly and its contents; the abdomen; also, the first stomach, or rumen, of ruminants. See Rumen.
2.
(Nautical) A paunch mat; -- called also panch.
3.
The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper.
4.
A noticeably protruding belly; a potbelly.
Collocations (1)
Paunch mat (Nautical) , a thick mat made of strands of rope, used to prevent the yard or rigging from chafing.
Paunch (pancht or pancht) , transitive verb
1.
To pierce or rip the belly of; to eviscerate; to disembowel. — Shakespeare
2.
To stuff with food. [Obsolete] — Udall