/paʊt͡ʃ/
OriginFrom Middle English pouche, poche, borrowed from Old Northern French pouche, from Old French poche, puche (whence French poche; compare also the Anglo-Norman variant poke), of Germanic origin: from Frankish *poka (“pouch”) (compare Middle Dutch poke, Old English pohha, dialectal German Pfoch). Doublet of poke; compare pocket.
- A small bag usually closed with a drawstring.
- An organic pocket in which a marsupial carries its young.
- Any pocket or bag-shaped object, such as a cheek pouch.
- A cyst or sac containing fluid.
“[…]form a large Pouch or Cyst”
- A silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's purse.
- A bulkhead in the hold of a vessel, to prevent grain etc. from shifting.
- transitiveTo enclose within a pouch.
“The beggar pouched the coin.”
- transitiveTo transport within a pouch, especially a diplomatic pouch.
“We pouched the encryption device to our embassy in Beijing.”
- To swallow.
“And, to name no more, the common Heron hath its most remarkable Parts adapted to this Service; long Legs for wading; and a long Neck answerable thereto to reach Prey; a wide, extensive Throat to pouch”
“[…] but if they shake the line and move, after they have remained still three or four minutes, you may conclude the fish has pouched the bait and feels the hooks, then wind up your slack and strike, b”
- obsolete, rareTo pout.
“He pouched his mouth, and reared himself up and swelled; but answered me not.”
- obsoleteTo pocket; to put up with.
“And for the value of the gowden piece , it shall never be said I pouched her siller”
Formspouches(plural) · pouches(present, singular, third-person) · pouching(participle, present) · pouched(participle, past) · pouched(past)