truncheon : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: truncheon	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for truncheon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
truncheon n a short stout club used primarily by policemen [syn: truncheon, nightstick, baton, billy, billystick, billy club]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Truncheon \Trun"cheon\, v. t. To beat with a truncheon. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. With his truncheon he so rudely struck. --Spenser. 2. A baton, or military staff of command. The marshal's truncheon nor the judges robe. --Shak. 3. A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth. --Gardner.