Paunch

Type

Animals, Mud

Area of origin

S England, Sussex

Area of use

S England, Sussex (waning)

Related terms

Stabble, Horse-stopples

To break up especially applied to the action of livestock in churning and trampling wet ground into a mud-hole.

Etymology

S England dialect, possibly related to punch “to make a hole”, “to hit”. See also Stabble

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