Emily Dickinson Lexicon

POUCH, n. [Fr. poche, a pocket or bag, a purse-net, the paunch; Ir. pucan; G. bauch, D. buik, Sw. buk, Dan. bug, the belly, from bulging and extending.]

1. A small bag; usually a leathern bag to be carried in the pocket. – Swift.
2. A protuberant belly.
3. The bag or sack of a fowl, as that of the pelican.