maunch

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UK, US/mɔːnt͡ʃ/

noun

A long stylised sleeve.

OriginMiddle English maunche ← Old French maunche ← Latin manica →
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Meanings

maunch1

nounmaunch (plural maunches)

plural maunches · alternative manche · alternative maunche

  1. governmentA long stylised sleeve.

maunch2

verbmaunch (third-person singular simple present maunches, present participle maunching, simple past and past participle maunched)

present singular third person maunches · participle present maunching · participle past maunched · past maunched

  1. obsoleteTo munch.

Origin

maunch · noun

  1. Latinmanica
  2. Old Frenchmaunche
  3. Middle Englishmaunche
  4. Englishmaunch

From Middle English maunche, from Old French maunche, one of the variants of manche, from Latin manica. Doublet of manche.

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maunch · verb

See munch.

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Translations

Dutch mouw
  • mouwheraldry: a long stylised sleeve
Finnish hiha
  • hihaheraldry: a long stylised sleeve
French manche
  • mancheheraldry: a long stylised sleeve
Spanish manga
  • mangaheraldry: a long stylised sleeve
Swedish ärm
  • ärmheraldry: a long stylised sleeve

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with maunch

launchstaunchrelaunchraunchhaunchpaunchstanchfaunchtraunch
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Anagrams

Manchuchumanchunam
Cite this entry
APA

maunch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maunch

MLA

“maunch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maunch. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “maunch,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maunch.

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