truncheon.
A short staff, a club; a cudgel.
Meaning & usage
A short staff, a club; a cudgel.
A baton, or military staff of command, now especially the stick carried by a police officer.
A fragment or piece broken off from something, especially a broken-off piece of a spear or lance.
The shaft of a spear.
A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth.
A penis.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English tronchoun, from Old French tronchon (“thick stick”), from Late Latin *troncionem, from Latin truncus.
To strike with a truncheon.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English tronchoun, from Old French tronchon (“thick stick”), from Late Latin *troncionem, from Latin truncus.
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