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pauncher

pauncher is the alternative form of paunce.

Meaning of paunce

Noun

paunce (plural paunces)

  1. (historical) A piece of armour which covers the abdomen or lower body.
    • The chest of armour, explicitly stated to have belonged to Oldcastle, contained a pair of 'close bristeplattes', a steel 'paunce', chain mail and another breastplate 'cum lez wyngges', all of which had been confiscated by Sir Thomas ...2013, Gwilym Dodd, Henry V: New Interpretations, Boydell & Brewer Ltd, →ISBN, page 121

Forms of pauncher

pluralpaunchers

Questions about pauncher

What is pauncher the alternative form of?
Pauncher is the alternative form of paunce.

Words near pauncher in the dictionary

  1. paunceways
  2. paunch
  3. paunch mat
  4. paunch mats
  5. paunched
  6. pauncher
  7. paunches
  8. paunchful
  9. paunchfuls
  10. paunchier
  11. paunchiest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pauncher (page history and authors); paunce (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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