Truncheon

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To beat with a truncheon.

II. Truncheon ·noun A baton, or military staff of command.

III. Truncheon ·noun A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear.

IV. Truncheon ·noun A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth.