paunce

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɔːns/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English paunce, from Old French pance, Middle French pans. Doublet of paunch. ==== Noun ==== paunce (plural paunces) (historical) A piece of armour which covers the abdomen or lower body. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:paunce. ===== Alternative forms ===== pauncer, pauncher ===== Related terms ===== paunch === Etymology 2 === See pansy. ==== Noun ==== paunce (plural paunces) Obsolete form of pansy. === Anagrams === uncape == Middle English == === Alternative forms === pawnce, pauns, pauncs === Etymology === From Old French pance, from Latin panticem, accusative of pantex. Doublet of paunche. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpau̯ns(ə)/, /ˈpans(ə)/ === Noun === paunce (plural paunces) paunce (piece of armour) ==== Descendants ==== English: paunce ==== References ==== “paunce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.