Puncheon Definition

pŭnchən

noun

A short, upright wooden post used in a framework.

Webster's New World

A heavy, broad piece of roughly dressed timber with one side hewed flat.

Webster's New World

A walkway over wet ground made by laying planks or dressed timbers over sills set directly on the ground.

American Heritage

A short low bridge of similar construction.

American Heritage

Any of various devices for punching, perforating, or stamping; esp., a figured die used by goldsmiths, etc.

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Puncheon

Singular:

puncheon

Plural:

puncheons

Middle English punchon from Old French ponçon, ponchon from Vulgar Latin pūnctiō pūnctiōn- punch from pūnctiāre to pierce from Latin pūnctus past participle of pungere to prick peuk- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English ponchon from Old French poinçon, poinchon punch, cask (probably because the casks were inspected and marked with a punch) puncheon¹

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Anglo-Norman ponchon, pounceon et al., and Middle French ponçon, poinchon et al., from Latin punctio (“action of piercing").

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