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Daunce vs Paunce - What's the difference?

daunce | paunce |

As nouns the difference between daunce and paunce

is that daunce is while paunce is (obsolete) a piece of armour which covers the abdomen or lower body or paunce can be .

As a verb daunce

is .

daunce

English

Noun

(en noun)

    • Verb

    (daunc)
    • ----

    paunce

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) pance, (etyl) pans.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A piece of armour which covers the abdomen or lower body.

    • Etymology 2

    Variant forms.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.1:
    • She secretly would search each daintie lim, / And throw into the well sweet Rosmaryes, / And fragrant violets, and Paunces trim [...].