TRUNCHEON

n. v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear. With his truncheon he so rudely struck. Spenser.

2.
n.

A baton, or military staff of command. The marshal's truncheon nor the judges robe. Shak.

3.
n.

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

4.
v.

To beat with a truncheon. Shak.


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