"barrel or cask for soap or liquor; iron vessel," c. 1400, from Old French ponchon, ponson "wine vessel" (13c.), of unknown origin. Uncertain connection with puncheon "slab of timber, strut, wooden beam used as a support in building" (mid-14c.). Punch (n.2) in the drink sense is too late to be the source of the "cask" sense.
"pointed tool for punching or piercing" used by masons, also "die for coining or seal-making," mid-14c.; see punch (n.1). Meaning "stamp, die" is from c. 1500, a specialized use.
双语例句
1. Before an hour's out, I'll stove in your old block - house like a rum puncheon.
要不了一个小时, 我就将你们这座木屋像朗姆酒桶一样砸个稀巴烂.
来自英汉文学 - 金银岛
2. Before an hour's out, I'll stove in your old block - house a rum puncheon.
