pouch /paʊtʃ/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old North French ; Origin: pouche ]
1 . a small leather, cloth, or plastic bag that you can keep things in, and which is sometimes attached to a belt
pouch of
a leather pouch of tobacco
a money pouch
2 . especially American English a large bag for carrying letters or papers:
a mail pouch
3 . a pocket in the side of a bag such as a ↑ rucksack
4 .
a pocket of skin on the stomach which ↑ marsupial s such as ↑ kangaroo s use for carrying their babies
5 . a fold of skin like a bag which animals such as ↑ hamster s or ↑ squirrel s have inside each cheek to carry and store food