POUCH


Meaning of POUCH in English

[pouch] n [ME pouche, fr. MF, of Gmc origin; akin to OE pocca bag] (14c) 1: a small drawstring bag carried on the person

2. a: a bag of small or moderate size for storing or transporting goods; specif: a lockable bag for first-class mail or diplomatic dispatches b chiefly Scot: pocket c: packet

3: an anatomical structure resembling a pouch -- pouched adj

[2]pouch vt (ca. 1566) 1: to put or form into or as if into a pouch

2: to transmit by pouch ~ vi 1: to bulge or stick out or down in a manner suggesting a pouch "~ing cheeks"

2: to transmit mail or dispatches by pouch

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