baston.
Obsolete form of baton.
Meaning & usage
Obsolete form of baton.
A staff or cudgel.
An officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed by the court.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English baston, from Old French baston. Doublet of baton.
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