Definition of Batoon

1. n. See Baton, and Baston.

Definition of Batoon

1. Noun. (archaic) A baton. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Batoon

1. =BATON [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Batoon

batman
batmans
batmen
batoidei
batoko palm
batologist
batologists
batology
baton
baton twirler
batoned
batoning
batonless
batonlike
batons
batoon (current term)
batooned
batooning
batoons
batoprazine
batphone
batphones
batrachia
batrachian
batrachians
batrachite
batrachoid
batrachomyomachia
batrachomyomachian
batrachomyomachies

Literary usage of Batoon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Spirit of Laws: Translated from the French of M. de Secondat, Baron de by Charles de Secondat Montesquieu (1794)
"... to fight either -with, the fword or batoon. ... of time none but bondmen fought with the batoon §. ..."

2. Etymons of English Wordsby John Thomson by John Thomson (1826)
"See batoon. BASTION, s. a part of the enceinte in modern fortification ... See batoon. 2. A small winged animal resembling a mouse; but generally called a ..."

3. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"Jourdan's batoon of command, a stand of colours, one hundred and forty-three brass ... Marshal Jourdan's batoon was taken by the eighty-seventh regiment, ..."

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