As a verb praunce
is .
As a noun paunce is
(obsolete) a piece of armour which covers the abdomen or lower body or paunce can be .
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 [...].