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Paunce vs Paunch - What's the difference?

paunce | paunch |

As nouns the difference between paunce and paunch

is that paunce is a piece of armour which covers the abdomen or lower body while paunch is the first stomach of a ruminant, the rumen.

As a verb paunch is

to remove the internal organs of a ruminant, such as a hare or rabbit prior to eating.

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 [...].

    paunch

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • The first stomach of a ruminant, the rumen.
  • The abdomen or belly of a human or animal, especially a large, protruding one.
  • (nautical) A paunch mat.
  • The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper.

    • Synonyms

    * (protruding belly) See also .

    Related terms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (es)
  • To remove the internal organs of a ruminant, such as a hare or rabbit prior to eating.
  • * 1610 , , act 3 scene 2
    • (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