Pouch Definition
pouch
pouched, pouches
noun
pouches
A small bag or sack for carrying something, as in one's pocket.
A leather tobacco pouch.
Webster's New World
A mailbag, specif. one whose opening can be locked, as for sending diplomatic dispatches.
Webster's New World
A leather bag or case for carrying powder or small-arms ammunition.
American Heritage
A sealed plastic or foil container used for packaging food or drink.
American Heritage
Something resembling a bag in shape.
The pouches under one's eyes.
American Heritage
verb
pouched
To put in a pouch.
Webster's New World
To make into a pouch; make pouchy.
Webster's New World
To form a pouch or pouchlike cavity.
Webster's New World
To swallow.
Webster's New World
To swallow. Used of certain birds or fishes.
American Heritage
Origin of Pouch
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From Old Northern French pouche, borrowed from Old French poche, puche (whence French poche; compare also the Anglo-Norman variant poke), of Germanic origin: from Old Low Franconian *poka (“pouch") (compare Middle Dutch poke, Old English pocca, dialectal German Pfoch) or Frankish. Compare pocket, poke.
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old French of Germanic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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