truncheon

[Trun·cheon]

A truncheon is a short, thick club, mainly used by police officers. If you find yourself face to face with a truncheon, you better behave.

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A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear.

Noun
a short stout club used primarily by policemen

n.
A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear.

n.
A baton, or military staff of command.

n.
A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth.

v. t.
To beat with a truncheon.

Truncheon

Trun"cheon , n. [OE. tronchoun the shaft of a broken spear, broken piece, OF.tronchon, tronon, F. tronon, 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.
With his truncheon he so rudely struck.
2. A baton, or military staff of command.
The marshal's truncheon nor the judges robe.
3. A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth. Gardner.

Truncheon

Trun"cheon, v. t. To beat with a truncheon. Shak.

A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear.

To beat with a truncheon.

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Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb.

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