paunch Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a protruding abdomen
    belly.

WordNet

Paunch noun
Etymology
OF. panch, pance, F. panse, L. pantex, panticis.
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) The belly and its contents; the abdomen; also, the first stomach, or rumen, of ruminants. See Rumen.
  2. (Naut.) A paunch mat; -- called also panch.
  3. The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper.
Paunch transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Paunched ; present participle & verbal noun Paunching
Definitions
  1. To pierce or rip the belly of; to eviscerate; to disembowel. Shak.
  2. To stuff with food. Obs. Udall.

Webster 1913