PUNCH (3)

Punch (?), n. [[Prov. E. Cf. Punchy.]] 1. 1. A short, fat fellow; anything short and thick.
I . . . did hear them call their fat child punch, which pleased me mightily, that word being become a word of common use for all that is thick and short. Pepys. 2. 2. One of a breed of large, heavy draught horses; as, the Suffolk punch.