Truncheon

(trŭn'shun) (Synop., § 130), n. [Fr. tronçon, Pr. tronçô, troncho, trenso, O. Fr. tronchon, tronce, trons, tros, trois, trus, Sp. & Pg. troço, It. torso, from Lat. thyrsus, a stalk, stem, staff, Gr. θύρσος.

1. A short staff; a club; a cudgel. Spenser.
2. A baton, or military staff of command. “The marshal’s truncheon nor the judge’s robe.” Shak.
3. A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off; to produce rapid growth. Gardner.