poche

French

noun
Definitions
  • pocket part of the clothing
  • pouch small bag, or part of small bag
  • pouch of a marsupial
  • pocket cavity
  • poach act of cooking by poaching
  • the rendering or the act of rendering the walls, columns, and other solids of a building or the like, as indicated on an architectural plan, usually in black
  • ladle container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal

Etymology

Inherited from Old French puche (purse, small bag) derived from Frankish *pokka (pouch) derived from Proto-Germanic *puk- derived from Proto-Indo-European *buk- derived from Old Norse puki.

Origin

Old Norse

puki

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