A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear. With his truncheon he so rudely struck. Spenser.
A baton, or military staff of command. The marshal's truncheon nor the judges robe. Shak.
A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth. Gardner.
To beat with a truncheon. Shak.
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