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Vinony

paunch

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /pɔːnt͡ʃ/ / /pɑːntʃ/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English paunche, from Old Northern French panche, Old French pance (French panse), from Latin pantex.

  1. The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant, the rumen.
  2. The contents of this stomach in a slaughtered animal, viewed as food or a byproduct.
  3. The belly of a human, especially a large, fat protruding one.

    “See also: pooch”

    “Since retiring from athletics, he has developed a paunch.”

  4. A paunch mat.
  5. The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English paunche, from Old Northern French panche, Old French pance (French panse), from Latin pantex.

  1. To remove the internal organs of a ruminant, prior to eating.

    “(Caliban) Why, as I told thee, 'tis a custom with him I' th' afternoon to sleep: there thou may'st brain him, Having first seiz'd his books; or with a log Batter his skull, or paunch him with a stake, Or cut his wezand with thy knife”