English-Thai Dictionary

truncheon

N กระบอง  kra-bong

 

truncheon

VT ตี ด้วย กระบอง  te-duai-kra-bong

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TRUNCHEON

n.[L. truncus. ] A short staff; a club; a cudgel; a battoon; used by kings and great officers as a mark of command. The marshal's truncheon nor the judge's robe.

 

TRUNCHEON

v.t.To beat with a truncheon; to cudgel.

 

TRUNCHEONEER

n.A person armed with a truncheon.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TRUNCHEON

Trun "cheon, n. Etym: [OE. tronchoun the shaft of a broken spear, broken piece, OF. tronchon, tron, F. tron, 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. ]

 

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. Gardner.

 

TRUNCHEON

TRUNCHEON Trun "cheon, v. t.

 

Defn: To beat with a truncheon. Shak.

 

TRUNCHEONED

TRUNCHEONED Trun "cheoned, a.

 

Defn: Having a truncheon.

 

TRUNCHEONEER

TRUNCHEONEER Trun `cheon *eer ", n.

 

Defn: A person armed with a truncheon. [Written also truncheoner.]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

truncheon

trun cheon |ˈtrənCHən ˈtrəntʃən | ▶noun chiefly Brit. a short, thick stick carried as a weapon by a police officer. • a staff or baton acting as a symbol of authority. ORIGIN Middle English (denoting a piece broken off (esp. from a spear ), also a cudgel ): from Old French tronchon ‘stump, ’ based on Latin truncus ‘trunk. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

truncheon

truncheon |ˈtrʌn (t )ʃ (ə )n | ▶noun chiefly Brit. a short, thick stick carried as a weapon by a police officer. • a staff or baton acting as a symbol of authority, especially that used by the Earl Marshal. ORIGIN Middle English (denoting a piece broken off (especially from a spear ), also a cudgel ): from Old French tronchon ‘stump ’, based on Latin truncus ‘trunk ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

truncheon

truncheon noun See bludgeon (noun ).

 

Oxford Thesaurus

truncheon

truncheon noun Brit. club, baton, cudgel, bludgeon; stick, staff; N. Amer. billy, billy club, blackjack, nightstick; Brit. informal life preserver, cosh.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

truncheon

trun cheon /trʌ́n (t )ʃ (ə )n /名詞 C 1 ｟主に英 ｠警棒, 棍棒 （こんぼう ）(｟米 ｠nightstick ).2 (権威の標章としての )職杖 （じよう ）.動詞 他動詞 …を棍棒で打つ .