"Puncheon" Pronounce,Meaning And Examples

"Puncheon" Meaning

A short, fat cask, typically containing 432 half-bottles of wine.

"Puncheon" Examples

Word: Puncheon

Usage Examples:

1. Brewing: The traditional way of making perry in western counties is with a large oak puncheon, which is an intermediary container between the press and the bottle cellar. Inside the puncheon, the mash undergoes a second fermentation.
2. Medicine: Angostura bitters are often served as a digestif, garnished with an orange twist, in a small glass or the "puncheon" of a boot, rubbed vigorously to release the oils.
3. Historical ships: ofthe_Sea "Sovereign of the Sea"">Wildeman had 24 puncheons of wine and 120 gallons of arrack per month at sea.
4. Historical manufacturing: The Waterman factory originally produced table wine in demijohns; after a set of "puncheons" of Fine Wire and Damson Lynches, the first RAF Decaprian corks were produced in pipes.
5. Engineering/woodworking: With the exception of the Mahogany back and mouth, the Opua No. 2 body was made from a single piece of Araucaria Forest Marri wood, being made from a cleft log cut to fit a halved stern plug with Tugador wedges and operated via a Briar puncheon for the tread fitting.