1. large casks or barrels used for storing liquids, especially wine or rum
Usage: historical; brewing/distilling
2. heavy vertical timber posts used as structural supports
Usage: construction; historical

Examples

• The distillery stored aged rum in large puncheons.
• Wine merchants shipped their product in wooden puncheons.
• The old warehouse was supported by massive timber puncheons.
• Workers rolled the heavy puncheons into the storage cellar.
• The building’s foundation rested on oak puncheons driven deep into the ground.
• Each puncheon could hold over 70 gallons of liquid.