Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - truncheon
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Truncheon
truncheon
I. noun Etymology: Middle English tronchoun, from Anglo-French trunchun, from Vulgar Latin *truncion-, *truncio, from Latin truncus trunk Date: 14th century 1. a shattered spear or lance 2. a. obsolete club, bludgeon b. baton 2 c. a police officer's billy club II. transitive verb Date: circa 1598 archaic to beat with a ~
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n. 1 esp. Brit. a short club or cudgel, esp. carried by a policeman. 2 a staff or baton as a symbol of authority, esp. that of the Earl Marshal. Etymology: ME f. OF tronchon stump ult. f. L truncus trunk ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. дубинка полицейского rubber truncheon —- резиновая дубинка 2. (маршальский) жезл 3. уст. дубина 4. уст. древко копья 5. бить палкой, дубинкой ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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4.
(truncheons) A truncheon is a short, thick stick that is carried as a weapon by a policeman. (BRIT; in AM, use billy) N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
5.
~ n especially BrE a short thick stick that police officers carry as a weapon (- compare nightstick AmE) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- 13c., "shaft of a spear," also "short stick, cudgel," from O.N.Fr. tronchon, O.Fr. tronзon "a piece cut off, thick stick, stump," from V.L. *truncionem (nom. *truncio), from L. truncus "stem, trunk." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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