PAUNCH

The belly and its contents; the abdomen; also, the first stomach, or rumen, of ruminants. See Rumen.

A paunch mat; -- called also panch.

The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper. Paunch mat (Naut.), a thick mat made of strands of rope, used to prevent the yard or rigging from chafing.

To pierce or rip the belly of; to eviscerate; to disembowel. Shak.

To stuff with food. [Obs.] Udall.