Paunch /(pa̤nch [or] pänch; 277)/

Paunch

n.
  1. The belly and its contents; the abdomen; also, the first stomach, or rumen, of ruminants. See Rumen. (Anat.)
  2. A paunch mat; -- called also panch. (Naut.)
  3. The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper.
  4. A noticeably protruding belly; a potbelly.

Phrases & Compounds
Paunch mat
a thick mat made of strands of rope, used to prevent the yard or rigging from chafing.

Paunch

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Paunched; p. pr. & vb. n. Paunching

  1. To pierce or rip the belly of; to eviscerate; to disembowel.
  2. To stuff with food. [Obs.]