Pouch definition
A leather tobacco pouch.
An example of a pouch is a small bag with a drawstring used for carrying coins.
The pouches under one's eyes.
The pharyngeal pouch.
The pharyngeal pouch.
We pouched the encryption device to our embassy in Beijing.
Origin of pouch
- Middle English from Old French of Germanic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- 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.
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