paunch

[pawnch, pahnch] /pɔntʃ, pɑntʃ/
noun
1.
a large and protruding belly; potbelly.
2.
the belly or abdomen.
3.
the rumen.
Origin
1325-75; Middle English paunche < Anglo-French, for Middle French pance < Latin panticēs (plural) bowels
Related forms
paunched, adjective
Examples from the web for paunch
  • From the meat processing industry, a common by-product is paunch manure, which is the stomach contents of slaughtered animals.
  • She presented proposed changes in the paunch application process.
  • Avoid cutting into the paunch and intestines by using the handle of the knife and the heel of your hand to crowd the guts away.
  • Water bags were made of paunch or bladder and water buckets of a paunch sewed with wooden hoops.
  • My partner is rolled up in his paunch and asleep already.
British Dictionary definitions for paunch

paunch

/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
Word Origin
C14: from Anglo-Norman paunche, from Old French pance, from Latin panticēs (pl) bowels
Word Origin and History for paunch
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 in Medicine

paunch (pônch, pänch)
n.
The belly, especially a protruding one; a potbelly.