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paunce

noun
/pɔːns/

Etymology

From Middle English paunce, from Old French pance, Middle French pans. Doublet of paunch.

  1. derived from pans
  2. derived from pance
  3. inherited from paunce

Definitions

  1. 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 ...

  2. Obsolete form of pansy.

    • She secretly would search each daintie lim, / And throw into the well sweet Rosmaryes, / And fragrant violets, and Paunces trim […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA