ETYM Old Fren. panch, pance, French panse, Latin pantex, panticis.
(Irregular plural: paunches).
1. The belly and its contents; the abdomen; also, the first stomach, or rumen, of ruminants.
2. The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper.
größte Vormagenabteilung der Wiederkäuer.