pauncher

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English

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Noun

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pauncher (plural paunchers)

  1. Alternative form of paunce (abdomen armor)
    • 1921, Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Great Britain: Royal Historical Society:
      [] 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.
    • 2017, Peter Lorge, Warfare in China to 1600, Routledge, →ISBN:
      [] and lively renditions of this armor, with breast plaques, and lamellar shoulder guards, pauncher or midriff guard,  []

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Etymology

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From Old French panchiere, variant of panciere; equivalent to paunce +‎ -er. Compare German Panzer.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pau̯nˈt͡ʃeːr(ə)/, /ˈpau̯nt͡ʃər(ə)/, /ˈpant͡ʃər(ə)/

Noun

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pauncher (plural paunchers) (rare)

  1. belt, girdle
  2. paunce (piece of armour)

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