pun·cheon1 (pnchn) n. 1.A short wooden upright used in structural framing. 2.A piece of broad, heavy, roughly dressed timber with one face finished flat. 3.A punching, perforating, or stamping tool, especially one used by a goldsmith. [Middle English punchon, from Old French ponçon, ponchon, from Vulgar Latin *pncti, pnctin-, punch, from *pnctire, to pierce, from Latin pnctus, past participle of pungere, to prick. See peuk- in Indo-European Roots.] Jim Cook wrote: > I am reading a newspaper story about one of my wife's early Oregon pioneer > relatives and I came across this... > > ..."in a hewed log cabin, with cedar pouncheon for a floor"... > > what is a "cedar pouncheon"??? > > Jim > > ==== OREGON Mailing List ==== > Welcome to the OREGON LIST > To Search the OREGON-L or leave the lists use this link to the Oregon-L > web site http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OR/misc.html > Oregon Archives http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237