paunch/pɔːnt͡ʃ/EtymologyFrom Middle English paunche, from Old Northern French panche, Old French pance (French panse), from Latin pantex.nounThe first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant, the rumen.The contents of this stomach in a slaughtered animal, viewed as food or a byproduct.The belly of a human, especially a large, fat protruding one.“See also: pooch”A paunch mat.The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper.verbTo remove the internal organs of a ruminant, prior to eating.“(Caliban) Why, as I told thee, 'tis a custom with him I' th' afternoon to sleep: there thou may'st brain him, Having first seiz'd his books; or with a log Batter his skull, or paunch him with a stake, Or cut his wezand with thy knife”