puncheon noun¹. ['pʌn(t)ʃ(ǝ)n] ME.
[Old French poinson, po
i. nchon (mod. poinçon), from Proto-Romance: cf. POUNCE noun¹, PUNCH noun¹. See also PUNCHEON noun².]
I. A piece of timber.
1. Building. A short upright piece of timber used to stiffen longer timbers or to support a load; a strut; a post supporting a roof in a coalmine. Formerly also, a doorpost. ME.

2. a. A heavy piece of rough timber or a split trunk, used for flooring and rough building. US. E18.
b. A piece of timber used in building a railway track or a corduroy road. N. Amer. M19.

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puncheon(1)
II. A pointed or piercing instrument.

3. A dagger. LME-L17.

4. A pointed tool for piercing, chiselling, engraving, etc. LME.

5. A tool or machine for impressing a design or stamping a die on plate or other material; = PUNCH noun¹ 4. Now rare or obsolete. LME.

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puncheon noun². ['pʌn(t)ʃ(ǝ)n] LME.
[Old French poinson, po
i. nchon (mod. poinçon), perh. identical with PUNCHEON noun¹.]
A large cask for liquids, fish, etc.; spec. a cask of a definite capacity, used as a liquid measure.
Caribbean Quarterly Puncheons of rum.

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