单词 | truncheon |
释义 | trun·cheon (trŭnchən) n. 1. A short stick carried by police; a billy club. 2. A staff carried as a symbol of office or authority; a baton. 3. A thick cutting from a plant, as for grafting. 4. Obsolete A heavy club; a cudgel. [Middle English tronchon, piece broken off, club, from Old North French, from Vulgar Latin *trunciō, *trunciōn-, from Latin truncus, trunk; see TRUNK.] truncheon v. |
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