Paunch

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. The belly and its contents; the abdomen; also, the first stomach, or rumen, of ruminants. See Rumen.

2. A paunch mat; -- called also panch.

3. The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper. Paunch mat (Naut.), a thick mat made of strands of rope, used to prevent the yard or rigging from chafing.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To pierce or rip the belly of; to eviscerate; to disembowel. Shak.

2. To stuff with food. [Obs.] Udall.