单词 | truncheoned |
释义 | truncheonedadj. Furnished or armed with a truncheon. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > [adjective] > with club or stick truncheoned1762 bludgeoned1780 batoned1883 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 175 The brick dust man took up as much room as the truncheoned hero. 1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 10 698 Truncheoned and uniformed as becomes a man of his military habits. 1839 Morning Herald 11 July The truncheoned police of the metropolis. 1883 H. Caine Cobwebs Crit. vii. 202 A city-marshal broke his leg..while walking truncheoned from the Mansion House. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1762 |
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