| 单词 | baton gun |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbaton gun a. A staff or truncheon carried as the symbol of office, command, or authority; a staff of office; e.g. a Marshal's baton, that carried by engine-drivers on a single line of railway, and the truncheon of a constable. Formerly also batoon n. 2. Also attributive esp. in baton charge, a charge made by police constables with drawn truncheons; hence (hyphenated) as v. transitive and intransitive. Also baton round, a rubber or plastic bullet (as fired from a baton gun). ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > symbol of office or authority > [noun] > staff or rod yardc1275 tipped stickc1386 bastona1400 mace?a1419 wandc1430 warderc1440 baculc1449 roda1450 verge1493 staff1535 tipstaff1541 verger1547 truncheon1573 vare1578 baton?1590 trunch1590 fasces1598 macer wanda1600 virge1610 batoona1652 stick1677 shaku1875 poker1905 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] > constable's or watchman's pestlea1500 baton?1590 locust club1850 locust1857 locust stick1859 nightclub1882 nightstick1887 billy1889 society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > activity of > specific baton charge1890 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > bullet > types of bullet pistol bullet?1591 musket bullet1598 musket ball1637 silver bullet1648 three-o(h)-three1683 pistol ball1689 musket shot1755 Biscayen1812 picket1848 rifle bolt1849 Minié ball1851 Minié1852 expanding bullet1859 navy bullet1873 two-two1895 dum-dum1897 Lee-Enfield bullet1899 rubber bullet1900 full-metal-jacket1913 round-nose1932 thirty-two1942 plastic bullet1945 baton round1968 society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [verb (transitive)] > specific activities of policeman to move on1894 bust1964 baton charge1976 society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [verb (intransitive)] > specific activities of policeman patrol1777 baton charge1977 ?1590–1 J. Burel Discription Queens Entry Edinb. in Poems sig. N4v With battons blank, into thair hands. a1680 J. Bargrave Pope Alexander VII (1867) ii. 116 Æsculapius..in a long robe, with his baton or knotty staff in his hand. 1690 London Gaz. No. 2527/3 His High-Steward and Chamberlain, having gilt Batons in their Hands. 1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain ii. xxvii. 99 The weighty baton of command. 1813 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) X. 452 Marshal Jourdan's Bâton of a Marshal of France. 1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. i. 39 Buchan got the baton of High Constable. 1890 Rev. of Reviews Nov. 489/1 As police officer, having headed a bâton charge upon them. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 12 Nov. 5/1 There a large force of police was gathered, and, a baton charge taking place, several people were badly injured. 1906 Daily Chron. 2 Nov. 7/6 Bleeding..from stick and baton wounds. 1968 Hong Kong Rep. 1967 i. 12 On July 8..the police post was attacked and..the police opened fire with gas and wooden ‘baton’ projectiles. 1972 Times 11 Aug. 1/1 An Army officer emphasized tonight that the PVC bullet would not replace the rubber baton round. 1973 D. Barzilay Brit. Army in Ulster (1978) I. 73/2 The rubber bullet was developed from an idea used in the Hong Kong riots when wooden bullets were fired from the baton gun. 1976 Guardian Weekly 14 Nov. 2/3 A police car stopped in the road..and a policeman jumped out and baton-charged a boy of nine or ten. 1977 Times 4 Apr. 1/6 The police and troops baton-charged, and running battles with the demonstrators took place over a wide area. 1985 Times 8 Oct. 2/5 Weighing 4.75 oz and composed of solid PVC, the bullet, known officially as a baton round, is fired by a special launcher. 1986 Financial Times 31 Jan. 2/4 In one incident several hundred women were baton-charged by Spanish riot police who also fired rubber bullets and tear gas. 1986 Daily Tel. 25 Sept. 3/2 In the great majority of instances the discharge of a baton round when a riot is taking place does not cause serious injury or death. < as lemmas |
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