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paunce en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /pɔːns/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

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:

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paunch

paunce en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /pɔːns/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

See pansy.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete form of pansy.
   alt of pansy
   • She secretly would search each daintie lim, / And throw into the well sweet Rosmaryes, / And fragrant violets, and Paunces trim […] 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

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