This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

• Lexulous
• Wordscraper
• Wordosaur

n. A short wooden upright used in structural framing.

n. A piece of broad, heavy, roughly dressed timber with one face finished flat.

n. A punching, perforating, or stamping tool, especially one used by a goldsmith.

n. A cask with a capacity of from 72 to 120 gallons (273 to 454 liters).

n. The amount of liquid contained in a puncheon.

n. A figured stamp, die, or punch, used by goldsmiths, cutlers, etc.

n. A short, upright piece of timber in framing; a short post; an intermediate stud.

n. A split log or heavy slab of timber with the face smoothed, used for flooring or construction.

n. A cask used to hold liquids, having a capacity varying from 72 to 120 gallons; a tercian.

n. A figured stamp, die, or punch, used by goldsmiths, cutlers, etc.

n. A short, upright piece of timber in framing; a short post; an intermediate stud.

n. A split log or heavy slab with the face smoothed.

n. A cask containing, sometimes 84, sometimes 120, gallons.

n. A perforating- or stamping-tool; a punch.

n. In carpentry: A short upright piece of timber in framing; a dwarf post, stud, or quarter.

n. A slab of split timber with the face smoothed with an adz or ax, sometimes used for flooring or bridge-boards in the absence of sawed boards.

n. One of the small quarters of a partition above the head of a door.

n. A cask; a liquid measure of from 72 to 120 gallons: as, a puncheon of wine.

"Under the window was a wide bench made of a half log, commonly called a puncheon bench, and the flooring was likewise of puncheons, that is, split logs with the flat side smoothed down."

brandy-bottle    hogshead    case-bottle    krill    backless