truncheon

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

trun·cheon [truncheon truncheons] BrE [ˈtrʌntʃən] NAmE [ˈtrʌntʃən] (also baton) (both especially BrE) (NAmE usually night·stick) noun
a short thick stick that police officers carry as a weapon
See also: ↑baton ▪ ↑nightstick

Word Origin:
Middle English (denoting a piece broken off (especially from a spear), also a cudgel): from Old French tronchon ‘stump’, based on Latin truncus ‘trunk’.

Example Bank:
•Some of the prisoners were beaten about the head with rubber truncheons.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  nightstick, baton, billy, billystick, billy club