Pung noun [ Etymol. uncertain.] A kind of plain sleigh drawn by one horse; originally, a rude oblong box on runners. [ U.S.] « Sledges or pungs , coarsely framed of split saplings, and surmounted with a large crockery crate.» Judd. « They did not take out the pungs Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/195