Noun

1. A figured stamp, die, or punch, used by goldsmiths, cutlers, etc.
2. (Carpentry) A short, upright piece of timber in framing; a short post; an intermediate stud.
3. A split log or heavy slab with the face smoothed; as, a floor made of puncheons.
4. A cask containing, sometimes 84, sometimes 120, gallons.
5. An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 84 wine gallons; a tercian.

Quotations

• 1882. 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. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, p. 205.