gourdin

“Masúkah,” the stick used for driving cattle, bâton gourdin (Dozy).

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

You have the 'new diplomacy' which is shouting what other people whisper -- or keep to themselves -- and _le gros gourdin_ -- the laughable big stick; it amuses us more than it impresses,

Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport Lawrence Perry 1914

"Masúkah," the stick used for driving cattle, bâton gourdin (Dozy).

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855