Usually means: Large cask for storing liquids.
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  1. puncheon: Merriam-Webster
  2. puncheon, puncheon: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. puncheon, puncheon: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. puncheon: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Puncheon, puncheon: Wordnik
  6. puncheon: Wiktionary
  7. puncheon: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. puncheon: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. puncheon: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Puncheon, puncheon: Dictionary.com
  11. puncheon: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Puncheon (barrel), Puncheon (unit), Puncheon: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Puncheon: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. puncheon: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. Puncheon: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. puncheon: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. puncheon: FreeDictionary.org
  18. puncheon: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  19. puncheon: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Epicurus.com Spirits Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. puncheon: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Puncheon: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (puncheon)

noun:  A figured stamp, die, or punch, used by goldsmiths, cutlers, etc.
noun:  A short, upright piece of timber in framing; a short post; an intermediate stud.
noun:  A piece of roughly dressed timber with one face finished flat (by either hewing or sawing).
noun:  A split log or heavy slab of timber with the face smoothed, used especially for flooring but also for log cabin walls, piers, or plank roads.
noun:  A walkway or short, low footbridge over wet ground constructed with such timbers, made 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.
noun:  A short low bridge of similar construction. Also called puncheon bridge.
noun:  A cask of a certain size; its volume used as a measure of capacity varying from 72 to 120 gallons.

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