Paunched
[pawnch, pahnch] /pɔntʃ, pɑntʃ/
noun
1.
a large and protruding belly; potbelly.
2.
the belly or abdomen.
3.
the rumen.
/pɔːntʃ/
noun
1.
the belly or abdomen, esp when protruding
2.
another name for rumen
3.
(nautical) a thick mat that prevents chafing
verb (transitive)
4.
to stab in the stomach; disembowel
n.
late 14c. (late 12c. in surnames), from Old French pance (Old North French panche) “belly, stomach,” from Latin panticem (nominative pantex) “belly, bowels” (cf. Spanish panza, Italian pancia); possibly related to panus “swelling” (see panic (n.2)).
paunch (pônch, pänch)
n.
The belly, especially a protruding one; a potbelly.
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