" puncheon "

[Noun]  | "pun*cheon" | \ ˈpən-chən \

1: a pointed tool for piercing or for working on stone

2: a short upright framing timber

3: a split log or heavy slab with the face smoothed

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English ponson, punchon, from Anglo-French ponchon pointed tool, support, ultimately from Vulgar Latin *punctiare to prick, pierce, from Latin punctum, supine of pungere{mat|pungent|};

[Noun]  | "puncheon" 

1: a large cask of varying capacity

Origin: 15th century ;

 Middle English punchon, from Anglo-French ponchon, probably from Middle French poinçon mark on goods certifying their origin;

[Noun]  | "puncheon"