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puncheon

puncheon

1 9.9
A large wooden barrel for storing wine or spirits
  • noun
  • /ˈpʌnʃən/
  • Archaic
: barril
  • During the festival, the local brewery displayed hand-carved puncheons for visitors to see.

Examples

  • We found several puncheons filled with rum in the storage room.

  • Get plenty of puncheons, as many as you can.

  • The engraving tool was replaced by a puncheon.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Apart from puncheon and dotted-line engraving, a number of very complex and singular techniques arose in response to these challenges, as a result of which it became possible completely to dispense with hatching and lines in engraving and replace them with patches of color of differing intensity.

    Academic text (2000)

  • The winery uses large puncheons to age their finest wines.

Synonyms

cask
vspuncheon
12 6.1

A large barrel used to store drinks like wine or whisky

is used especially for storing or transporting liquids like wine or spirits
butt
vspuncheon
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A very large wooden barrel used to store wine

is similar but refers to storing or transporting without fixed volume
wine cask
vspuncheon
1 3.9

A large wooden barrel for storing or aging wine

is broader, used for storing and moving various liquids rather than aging only

Surface Forms

puncheon singular
puncheons plural

Etymology

Puncheon was used for a very large wooden cask and comes from an old word meaning 'large piece of wood'. So think of a big wooden barrel to remember that a puncheon is a large cask for wine or spirits.