truncheon

noun

A short stick carried by police; a billy club.

noun

A staff carried as a symbol of office or authority; a baton.

noun

A thick cutting from a plant, as for grafting.

noun

A heavy club; a cudgel.

To beat or belabor with a truncheon or club; cudgel.

noun

A trunk, stock, or stump, as of a tree; hence, a tree the branches of which have been lopped off to produce rapid growth.

noun

The shaft of a spear or lance.

noun

A short staff; a club; a cudgel.

noun

A baton or staff of authority; specifically, in heraldry, the staff of the earl marshal of England.

transitive verb

To beat with a truncheon.