English Dictionary

puncheon

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpʌntʃən/

名詞

A figured stamp, die, or punch, used by goldsmiths, cutlers, etc. / A piece of roughly dressed timber with one face finished flat.

日本語の意味

金細工師、刀工などが使用する、模様の入ったスタンプ、金型、パンチ（刻印具） / 一面が平滑に仕上げられた、粗い木材の一片

The goldsmith impressed the hallmarks with a puncheon to guarantee the purity of the metal.

金細工師は金属の純度を保証するため、図柄入りの打刻具で刻印を押した。

意味（1）

A figured stamp, die, or punch, used by goldsmiths, cutlers, etc.

意味（2）

A piece of roughly dressed timber with one face finished flat.

意味（3）

A split log or heavy slab of timber with the face smoothed, used for flooring or construction.

意味（4）

A walkway or short, low footbridge over wet ground constructed by laying one or more planks or dressed timbers over sills set directly on the ground, also called duck boards, bog boards, or bog bridge.

意味（5）

A short low bridge of similar construction. Also called puncheon bridge.

意味（6）

A cask used to hold liquids, having a capacity varying from 72 to 120 gallons; a tercian.

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.

puncheons （ plural ）