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| 1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
truncheon
n 1: a short stout club used primarily by policemen [syn:
truncheon, nightstick, baton, billy, billystick,
billy club]
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| 2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Truncheon \Trun"cheon\, v. t. To beat with a truncheon. --Shak. [1913 Webster] | ||
| 3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Truncheon \Trun"cheon\, n. [OE. tronchoun the shaft of a broken spear, broken piece, OF. tronchon, tron?on, F. tron?on, fr. OF. & F. tronce, tronche, a piece of wood; cf. OF. trons, tros, trois; all perhaps from L. thyrsus a stalk, stem, staff. See Thyrsus, and cf. Trounce.] 1. A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear. [1913 Webster] With his truncheon he so rudely struck. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. A baton, or military staff of command. [1913 Webster] The marshal's truncheon nor the judges robe. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth. --Gardner. [1913 Webster] | ||
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