Middle English Dictionary Entry
paunce n.
Entry Info
| Forms | paunce n. Also pauns, pauncs, paunz, paunes, (errors) pannce, pamise, pavuse; pl. paunces, paunz, (error) panuz. |
| Etymology | OF pance, belly, abdomen; also cp. pauncere n.. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Armor of plate or mail worn to protect the body, especially the abdomen; ~ of maille (plate, stele).
Associated quotations
- (1333) Acc.de Thweng in Archaeol.27292 : Item, per iij paribus de Paunces, braces, & Musekyns..vj li. xvj s. viij d.
- (a1370) R.Arms Norwich in Nrf.Archaeol.14302 : Hugo de Holand, pourpoynt brac', paunce de mayle, pisan, [etc.].
- (1372-4) Doc.in Nicolas Navy 2480 : [Doublets, 1; Swords, 1]; Panuz [read: paunz].
- (1384-5) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.103594 : In uno basinet et 1 brestplait, 43 s. 4d.; In 1 pauncs, 5 s.
- (1395) Will York in Sur.Soc.4205 : Item, lego Johanni filio meo omnia arma mea corpori..pawnes, basenet, aventaile.
- (1397) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.97 : [2] eventayll [worth 20 s., a] pauncs [worth 6 s. 8 d., a] basenet [worth 20 s.].
- (1400) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)7.44 : [William Salcok had..a] bacynet [with a] paunce [worth 20 s.].
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2017 : Fyrst he clad hym in his cloþez, þe colde for to were And syþen his oþer harnays..Boþe his paunce and his platez.
- (1402) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)7.114 : [10] basynettes, [7] haberjons..[7] paunces.
- (1411) EEWills19/6 : Y be-queythe to Robert, myn heldest son..an holle brest-plate, a paunce of stele, a pare glovis of plate white.
- (1416) MSS Middleton in HMC104 : [To Simon Talbot, a pair of white] plates [with the] pauns, vauntbrases, [etc.].
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.57 : Some also dempte..To armen hem for bataille..And dide on..A paunce of plate, whiche of þe silf be-hinde Was schet and clos, and þer-on, as I finde, Enviroun was a bordure Of smal maille.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.2630 : With his swerd he marked him so wel..He rofe him doun in-to þe paunce of maile.
- (1423) Doc.in Sur.Soc.4573 : xx d. receptis pro una parva paunce..de mayle.
- (1437) Will York in Sur.Soc.3070 : Lego prefato Willelmo Bowes..gloves de plaite et pannce [read: paunce] de plaite, cum le leggeharnes eisdem pertinente.
- (1439) Doc.in Collect.Topogr.2150 : Item, lego predicto Will'o..gloves de plaite, et paunce de alwite, cum le leggharnes eisdem pertin.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)2075 : Sir Launcelot..braydez full euen To sir Lucius the lorde, and lothelye hym hyttez; Thurghe pawnce and platez he percede the maylez.
- (1445) MSS Middleton in HMC112 : Item, I bequethe to John Dedyk a pavuse [?read: paunse] of meyll.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)10028 : Hym self was armed fynly wel Wyþ sabatons & spores..Dublet & quysseux..Voydes, breche of maille, wyþ paunz non liche.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)13553 : Wyþ bowes & arblastes gan þey schete..þorow scheldes smiten, & þorow paunces.
- c1450(c1353) Winner & W.(Add 31042)112 : He laped his legges in yren to the lawe bones, With pysayne & with pawnce polischede full clene.
- (1454) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.147 : [One] breche [and one] pamise [of mail 2 s. 4 d.].
- a1500(c1437) Brut-1436 (Lamb 6)583/27 : Wel was hym might go before with pisone & with paunce.