pauncher

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A form of paunce — A piece of armour which covers the abdomen or lower body.

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Meanings

nounpauncher (plural paunchers)

plural paunchers

  1. alternativeAlternative form of paunce (“abdomen armor”).

    […] and lively renditions of this armor, with breast plaques, and lamellar shoulder guards, pauncher or midriff guard, […]

    2017, Peter Lorge, Warfare in China to 1600, Routledge, →ISBN
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    […] a bascinet and a steel cap with visors, breastplates, a pauncher, greaves, and vambraces and rearbraces. The owner's piety is suggested by an image of the Blessed Mary in alabaster and another of St. John the Baptist.

    1921, Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Great Britain: Royal Historical Society

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

unpreachUncapher
Cite this entry
APA

pauncher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pauncher

MLA

“pauncher.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pauncher. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pauncher,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pauncher.

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