| truncheon | 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. Origin: 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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