paunch
noun
[ pɔːn(t)ʃ ]
• a large or protruding belly.
• "his body was powerful and square, with the beginnings of a paunch"
Similar:
pot belly,
beer belly,
stomach,
belly,
middle,
midriff,
waist,
waistline,
beer gut,
gut,
tummy,
tum,
pot,
breadbasket,
corporation,
• a thick strong mat used to give protection from chafing on a mast or spar.
paunch
verb
• disembowel (an animal).
• "one of the things I had to do was to paunch and skin a hare"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French pa(u)nche, based on Latin pantex, pantic-, usually in the plural in the sense ‘intestines’.
