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Definition of Truncheon
1. Noun. A short stout club used primarily by policemen.
Definition of Truncheon
1. n. A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear.
2. v. t. To beat with a truncheon.
Definition of Truncheon
1. Noun. (obsolete) A fragment or piece broken off from something, especially a broken-off piece of a spear or lance. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) The shaft of a spear. ¹
3. Noun. A short staff, a club; a cudgel. ¹
4. Noun. A baton, or military staff of command, now especially the stick carried by a police officer. ¹
5. Noun. (obsolete) A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth. ¹
6. Noun. (euphemistic) penis ¹
7. Verb. (transitive) To strike with a truncheon. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Truncheon
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Truncheon
1. 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)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Truncheon
Literary usage of Truncheon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament (1905)
"Use of the truncheon by Irish Policemen. MB. MULDOON (Donegal, N.) : I beg to
ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether his ..."
2. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"1 Still was it outrage; — yet, 't is true, Not then claimed sovereignty his due;
While Albany with feeble hand Held borrowed truncheon of command, ..."
3. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1883)
"Her son pursued his infant play, A fancied moss-trooper, the hoy The truncheon
of a spear ... truncheon ..."
4. Louis the Fourteenth, and the Court of France in the Seventeenth Century by Pardoe (Julia) (1855)
"... his Excesses—The truncheon in Specie—The Marriage-Promise—His enforced
Retirement; his Evasion—Marriage of the Duke de Lau- zun—Disappointment of the ..."
5. The Works of William Robertson, D.D.: To which is Prefixed an Account of the by William Robertson, Dugald Stewart (1827)
"... kissing his truncheon, delivered it to the chief magi- BOOK strate, and withdrew.
. an™'5 Cortes had concerted this important measure with his chosen ..."
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