The old men slept on the puncheon floor of the cabin, while the rest bivouacked out in front.
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Puncheon
//ˈpʌntʃən//
Synonyms for "puncheon" (41 found)
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Translations
6 translations across 5 languages.
Basque
1 entries- oinzubi noun (a bog bridge made of duckboards)
Catalan
1 entries- palanca noun (a bog bridge made of duckboards)
Danish
1 entries- spang noun (a bog bridge made of duckboards)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- kavlebru noun (a bog bridge made of duckboards)
- klopp noun (a bog bridge made of duckboards)
Swedish
1 entries- spång noun (a bog bridge made of duckboards)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
he chose to regard [his father] with a lowering and suspicious mien, unless it were in the dead hours of the night, when he developed a morbid craving to be trotted back and forth and up and down the puncheon floor [...].
Source: wiktionary
Once in the Grenada islands, when I and above eight others were pulling a large boat with two puncheons of water in it, a surf struck us, and drove the boat and all in it about half a stone's throw, among some trees, and above the high water mark.
Source: wiktionary
Again, by 28 Hen. VIII, cap. 14, it is re-enacted that the tun of wine should contain 252 gallons, a butt of Malmsey 126 gallons, a pipe 126 gallons, a tercian or puncheon 84 gallons, a hogshead 63 gallons, a tierce 41 gallons, a barrel 31.5 gallons, a rundlet 18.5 gallons.
Source: wiktionary
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