[pɔːn(t)ʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a large or protruding belly
(e.g: his body was powerful and square, with the beginnings of a paunch)

- a thick strong mat used to give protection from chafing on a mast or spar


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French pa(u)nche, based on Latin pantex, pantic-, usually in the plural in the sense ‘intestines’

[pɔːn(t)ʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- disembowel (an animal)
(e.g: one of the things I had to do was to paunch and skin a hare)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French pa(u)nche, based on Latin pantex, pantic-, usually in the plural in the sense ‘intestines’