Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A stick, staff, or cudgel; a baton.
  • noun In architecture, a segmental molding used especially in the bases of columns; a torus.
  • noun A servant of the warden of the Fleet, who attended the king's courts as an officer, carrying a red truncheon.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A staff or cudgel.
  • noun (Her.) See Baton.
  • noun An officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed by the court.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun heraldry Obsolete form of baton.
  • noun obsolete A staff or cudgel.
  • noun obsolete An officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed by the court.

Etymologies

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Old French baston

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