| Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary 3,901,775,841 visitors served. |
Dictionary/ thesaurus | Medical dictionary | Legal dictionary | Financial dictionary | Acronyms | Idioms | Encyclopedia | Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
puncheon |
Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Wikipedia | 0.01 sec. |
|
|
puncheon (pŭn`chən), plank or board made by hewing instead of sawing. American pioneers who could not procure the products of sawmills made much use of puncheons in their log buildings. The puncheons used for floors were split logs hewn smooth on the split side only.
puncheon 1. A short, upright piece of timber in framing; a short post; an intermediate stud. 2. A split log or heavy slab with the face smoothed. 3. A short post used as a spacing support in temporary timbering around an excavation. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
|
| Mentioned in | ? | References in classic literature | ? | Encyclopedia browser | ? | Full browser | ? | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No references found | This canteen (with a funnel on its top, like a cavalier cap slouched over the eyes) was set on edge upon the puncheon, with the hole toward myself; and through this hole, which seemed puckered up like the mouth of a very precise old maid, the creature was emitting certain rumbling and grumbling noises which he evidently intended for intelligible talk. So I slid out and slipped off up the road, and there warn't anybody at the church, except maybe a hog or two, for there warn't any lock on the door, and hogs likes a puncheon floor in summer-time because it's cool. So deep did they go; and so ancient, and corroded, and weedy the aspect of the lowermost puncheons, that you almost looked next for some mouldy corner-stone cask containing coins of Captain Noah, with copies of the posted placards, vainly warning the infatuated old world from the flood. |
puncheon |
punched lights out punched louver punched out punched out punched out punched out Punched tape Punched tape punched tapes punched the clock punched the clock punched the clock punched the clock punched the time clock punched the time clock punched the time clock punched the time clock punched ticket punched ticket punched ticket punched ticket punched ticket punched work punched work punched work punched work Punched-card Punched-card punched-out punched-plate screen puncheon Puncheon roadpuncheons puncheons puncher puncher puncher puncher puncher punchers punchers punchers punchers punches punches punches punches punches punches above weight punches above weight punches above weight punches above weight punches into punches into punches into punches into punches lights out punches lights out punches lights out punches out punches out | |||||||
| Encyclopedia |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Free toolbar & extensions |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup |
|---|