"barrel or cask for soap or liquor; iron vessel," c. 1400, from Old French ponchon, ponson "wine vessel" (13c.), of unknown origin. Uncertain connection with puncheon "slab of timber, strut, wooden beam used as a support in building" (mid-14c.). Punch (n.2) in the drink sense is too late to be the source of the "cask" sense.
puncheon (n.2)
"pointed tool for punching or piercing" used by masons, also "die for coining or seal-making," mid-14c.; see punch (n.1). Meaning "stamp, die" is from c. 1500, a specialized use.
雙語例句
1. Before an hour's out, I'll stove in your old block - house like a rum puncheon.
要不了一個小時, 我就將你們這座木屋像朗姆酒桶一樣砸個稀巴爛.
來自英漢文學(xué) - 金銀島
2. Before an hour's out, I'll stove in your old block - house a rum puncheon.