batonn.

/ˈbatən/

/ˈbatɒ̃/

Forms: 1500s– batton, 1600s– baton.

Etymology: < modern French bâton < Old French baston , whence the earlier English baston n. Baton appeared first in 16th cent. in Scots writers: the usual English form during 17th and 18th centuries was batoon n., but ˈbaton was occasionally used in sense 2, and has now all but supplanted batoon.

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a. A staff or stick used as a weapon, sometimes also of iron or iron-tipped; a club, cudgel, or truncheon; = baston n. 2. Obsolete in general sense, in which also batoon n. was the form always used during 17th and 18th centuries.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun]

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Indian club1694

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waddy1800

kevel1807

supple1815

mere1820

hurlet1825

knobkerrie1826

blackthorn1829

bastera1833

twig1842

leangle1845

alpeen1847

banger1849

billy1856

thwack-stave1857

clump1868

cosh1869

nulla1878

sap1899

waddy1899

blunt instrument1923

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) iii. 22 The father takkis ane batton or sum vthir sterk vappin to puneise his sonne.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. vii. sig. Ff2 The villaine..with his yron batton, which he bore, Let driue at him.

1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 142 Gif any..mutilates ane other with ane batton.

1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein I. i. 21 If you use your baton, he rewards you with the stab of a knife.

b. A staff or stick generally; a walking-stick (after French use).

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society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > types of tools generally > [noun] > in form of bar, pole, rod, etc.

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rungOE

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bamboo1598

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barling1611

sparret1632

picket1687

tringle1706

sprund1736

lug-pole1773

polting lug1789

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rack-pin1821

picket-pin1844

I-iron1874

pricker1875

stag1881

podger1888

window pole1888

verge1897

sallow pole1898

lat1899

swizzle-stick1962

the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > something to lean on > staff to lean on > walking stick

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yardc1000

bat?c1225

rodc1300

handstaffa1425

walking staffc1450

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walking stick1580

stick1620

nibbie1812

baton1860

waddy1974

1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod ii. iii. 98 A small batton or stump set up.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §11. 79 Driving..the spikes of our batons into the slope above our feet.

c. transferred. Of bread: a long loaf; also, a thin short stick.

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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > loaf > [noun] > stick

French loafc1350

grissino1853

baton1858

stick1872

breadstick1887

stick loaf1923

French stick1955

1858 ‘G. Eliot’ Amos Barton ii, in Scenes Clerical Life I. 38 Chubby, who is making a round O of her mouth to receive a bit of papa's ‘baton’.

1901 Westm. Gaz. 22 Apr. 7/2 The crowd consumed..17,000 batons.

1959 M. Steen Tower i. v. 76 A bâton of French bread and some cheese.

d. plural. [See note at club n. 8] One of the four suits (equivalent to Clubs) in packs of playing-cards used in Italy and Spanish-speaking countries, and in tarot packs. Cf. quot. 1816 at sword n. 1e.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > suit > specific suit or card of

clubs1563

hearts1583

money1593

diamond1594

spade1598

spade1745

swords1816

coins1844

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puppyfoot1907

1848 W. A. Chatto Facts Hist. Playing Cards iv. 191 The earliest writers who mention Tarocchi as a kind of cards, always speak of them as consisting of four suits,—Swords, Cups, Batons, and Money.

1892 M. K. van Rensselaer Devil's Picture Bks. 82 Francis Fibbia..had obtained as the inventor of Tarocchino..the privilege of placing his own arms on the Queen of Batons.

1930 C. P. Hargrave Hist. Playing Cards viii. 235 (caption) Hombre cards in which the suit signs of swords and batons interlace in the Italian manner.

1930 C. P. Hargrave Hist. Playing Cards viii. 245 The King of batons bears a round escutcheon.

1964 A. Wykes Gambling vii The earliest known Tarot pack..had four suits: Cups (or Chalices), Swords, Money, and Batons (or Clubs).

a. A staff or truncheon carried as the symbol of office, command, or authority; a staff of office; e.g. a Marshal's baton, that carried by engine-drivers on a single line of railway, and the truncheon of a constable. Formerly also batoon n. 2. Also attributive esp. in baton charge, a charge made by police constables with drawn truncheons; hence (hyphenated) as v. transitive and intransitive. Also baton round, a rubber or plastic bullet (as fired from a baton gun).

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society > authority > office > symbol of office or authority > [noun] > staff or rod

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] > constable's or watchman's

pestlea1500

baton?1590

locust club1850

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nightclub1882

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billy1889

society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > activity of > specific

baton charge1890

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > bullet > types of bullet

pistol bullet?1591

musket bullet1598

musket ball1637

silver bullet1648

three-o(h)-three1683

pistol ball1689

musket shot1755

Biscayen1812

picket1848

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Minié ball1851

Minié1852

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navy bullet1873

two-two1895

dum-dum1897

Lee-Enfield bullet1899

rubber bullet1900

full-metal-jacket1913

round-nose1932

thirty-two1942

plastic bullet1945

baton round1968

society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [verb (transitive)] > specific activities of policeman

to move on1894

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baton charge1976

society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [verb (intransitive)] > specific activities of policeman

patrol1777

baton charge1977

?1590–1 J. Burel Discription Queens Entry Edinb. in Poems sig. N4^v With battons blank, into thair hands.

a1680 J. Bargrave Pope Alexander VII (1867) ii. 116 Æsculapius..in a long robe, with his baton or knotty staff in his hand.

1690 London Gaz. No. 2527/3 His High-Steward and Chamberlain, having gilt Batons in their Hands.

1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain ii. xxvii. 99 The weighty baton of command.

1813 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) X. 452 Marshal Jourdan's Bâton of a Marshal of France.

1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. i. 39 Buchan got the baton of High Constable.

1890 Rev. of Reviews Nov. 489/1 As police officer, having headed a bâton charge upon them.

1900 Westm. Gaz. 12 Nov. 5/1 There a large force of police was gathered, and, a baton charge taking place, several people were badly injured.

1906 Daily Chron. 2 Nov. 7/6 Bleeding..from stick and baton wounds.

1968 Hong Kong Rep. 1967 i. 12 On July 8..the police post was attacked and..the police opened fire with gas and wooden ‘baton’ projectiles.

1972 Times 11 Aug. 1/1 An Army officer emphasized tonight that the PVC bullet would not replace the rubber baton round.

1973 D. Barzilay Brit. Army in Ulster (1978) I. 73/2 The rubber bullet was developed from an idea used in the Hong Kong riots when wooden bullets were fired from the baton gun.

1976 Guardian Weekly 14 Nov. 2/3 A police car stopped in the road..and a policeman jumped out and baton-charged a boy of nine or ten.

1977 Times 4 Apr. 1/6 The police and troops baton-charged, and running battles with the demonstrators took place over a wide area.

1985 Times 8 Oct. 2/5 Weighing 4.75 oz and composed of solid PVC, the bullet, known officially as a baton round, is fired by a special launcher.

1986 Financial Times 31 Jan. 2/4 In one incident several hundred women were baton-charged by Spanish riot police who also fired rubber bullets and tear gas.

1986 Daily Tel. 25 Sept. 3/2 In the great majority of instances the discharge of a baton round when a riot is taking place does not cause serious injury or death.

b. Athletics. The short stick or rod passed from one runner to another in a relay race.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > [noun] > relay race > baton

baton1920

1920 Isis 13 Oct. 2/2 Ten yards is allotted each side of the starting line in which to pass the baton to the next competitor.

1927 W. Deeping Kitty xxiv. 310 You snatched the baton from the failing hand of the past.

1958 Times 25 Aug. 4/1 The British sprint relay teams won their silver medals through immaculate baton changing.

3. Heraldry. An ordinary, in breadth the fourth part of a bend n.¹, not extending to the extremities of an escutcheon, but broken off short at each end, so as to have the figure of a truncheon; used by French heralds as a difference or mark of consanguinity, but in English coats of arms only in the form of the baton sinister, the badge of bastardy. (Popularly called bar sinister.) Formerly baston n. 4, batune, batoon n. 3.

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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [noun] > charge of simplest or commonest kind > band crossing shield diagonally > running from top right to bottom left > of quarter width

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fissure1486

staff1486

batoon1562

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baton1816

1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. viii. 221 Here is the baton-sinister, the mark of illegitimacy, extended diagonally through both coats upon the shield.

1863 C. Boutell Man. Heraldry xxxii. 374 The eldest son of this Earl removed his father's baton from his arms.

4. Music. The light stick or wand used by a musical conductor for beating time. (From modern French, and often pronounced as French.) Also in the phrase under the baton of, under the conductorship of, conducted by.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > accessories > [noun] > conductor's baton

baton1785

stick1841

baguette1876

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > conducting > [adverb]

under the baton of1877

1785 C. Burney Acct. Musical Performances 14 So numerous a band moving in such exact measure, without..a Coryphæus to beat the time, either with a roll of paper, or a noisy baton.

1829 Morning Post 27 May 3/2 Mr. Mendlessohn conducted his Sinfonia with a baton, as is customary in Germany, France, etc.

1867 Athenæum 6 Apr. The introduction of the bâton in England.

1877 G. B. Shaw in Hornet 27 June 330/2 Its [sc. the opera's] new aspect under the bâton of Signor Vianesi.

1877 G. B. Shaw in Hornet 1 Aug. 378/2 He is the only chief under whose baton orchestras display good training.

1880 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 82 There..1820, Spohr appeared..when a baton was used for perhaps the first time at an English concert.

1884 Yorks. Post 30 Apr. It was Costa, who founded in England the order of conductor, and who introduced the wand as baton in lieu of the fiddlestick.

1962 Observer 15 July 22/3 The work was played by another British orchestra under the composer's baton.

5. See batten n.¹

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An ornamented metal rod used to beat time or waved and twirled by a drum major, drum majorette, or other person in a parade, display, competition, etc.

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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [noun] > twirling > one who or that which

twirler1808

baton1822

1822 ‘W. Butterworth’ Three Years Adventures of Minor ii. 36 In his hand he bore a strong walking stick, surmounted with a silver head, something like a drum-major's baton.

1871 O. E. Wood West Point Scrap Bk. 129 The band now, in obedience to the wave of the baton of the Drum-Major, beats the ‘Adjutant's call’.

1924 C. N. Fielder Field Tactics for Mil. Band 49 The drum major should practice handling the baton until his movements and posture are graceful.

a1966 S. Jackson Nightmare in L. J. Hyman & S. H. Steward Just Ordinary Day (1996) 44 Twelve drum majorettes in scarlet jackets and skirts..carrying silver batons marched six abreast down the street.

2007 J. Porterfield Band Front i. 17 Many national competitions are held every year for majorettes. These events showcase the skill and precision required to twirl the baton.

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baton twirler n. originally U.S. a person who twirls a baton in a parade, display, competition, etc.; spec. a drum major or drum majorette.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > conductor or leader > [noun] > drum-major

drum major1602

baton twirler1902

twirler1949

1902 Daily Gaz. & Bull. (Williamsport, Pa.) 6 Oct. 6/1 (headline) Major Kilpatrick... forms a partnership with..baton twirler and they will put a great act on the stage.

1931 Slingerland Drum Corps Handbk. 31 Lee Suttell, Baton Twirler of the Buffalo, N. Y. American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps.

1963 U. Beadle These Ruins are Inhabited iv. 49 In time the image of cheerleaders and baton twirlers faded from the young American minds.

2008 K. Torgovnick Cheer! viii. 109 A troop of baton twirlers in sparkly leotards struts on to the field, batons spinning like plane propellers.

baton twirling n. originally U.S. (a) n. the action, practice, or skill of twirling a baton, esp. in a parade or competition; (b) adj. that twirls a baton.

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1889 H. C. Palmer et al. Athletic Sports Amer., Eng. & Austral. ii. 265 A feature of the performance was the baton twirling..of Clarence Duval.

1889 Boston Sunday Globe 5 May 7/2 There was no baton twirling drum major.

1931 Slingerland Drum Corps Handbk. 30/1 For a number of years Baton Twirling was almost forgotten.

1998 Daily Tel. (Electronic ed.) 11 Oct. (Mag. section) 41 When she was..a regional baton-twirling champion, she got whacked on the head with a baton.

2012 Somerset Guardian (Nexis) 22 Nov. 13 Spectators were treated to a unique selection of floats and entrants from dancing pirates to baton-twirling majorettes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	baton
释义	batonn. /ˈbatən//ˈbatɒ̃/ Forms: 1500s– batton, 1600s– baton. Etymology: < modern French bâton < Old French baston , whence the earlier English baston n. Baton appeared first in 16th cent. in Scots writers: the usual English form during 17th and 18th centuries was batoon n., but ˈbaton was occasionally used in sense 2, and has now all but supplanted batoon. †1. a. A staff or stick used as a weapon, sometimes also of iron or iron-tipped; a club, cudgel, or truncheon; = baston n. 2. Obsolete in general sense, in which also batoon n. was the form always used during 17th and 18th centuries. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] sowelc893 treec893 cudgelc897 stinga900 bat?c1225 sticka1275 clubc1275 truncheon14.. bourdonc1325 bastona1400 warderera1400 plantc1400 kibble1411 playloomc1440 hurlbatc1450 ploykc1450 rung1491 libberlac1500 waster1533 batonc1550 macana1555 libbet1562 bastinado1574 crab-tree comb1593 tomahawkc1612 billeta1616 wiper1622 batoon1637 gibbeta1640 crab-bat1647 kibbo1688 Indian club1694 batterdasher1696 crab-stick1703 bloodwipea1705 bludgeon1730 kierie1731 oaken towel1739 crab1740 shillelagh1772 knobstick1783 pogamogganc1788 whirlbat1791 nulla-nulla1798 waddy1800 kevel1807 supple1815 mere1820 hurlet1825 knobkerrie1826 blackthorn1829 bastera1833 twig1842 leangle1845 alpeen1847 banger1849 billy1856 thwack-stave1857 clump1868 cosh1869 nulla1878 sap1899 waddy1899 blunt instrument1923 c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) iii. 22 The father takkis ane batton or sum vthir sterk vappin to puneise his sonne. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. vii. sig. Ff2 The villaine..with his yron batton, which he bore, Let driue at him. View more context for this quotation 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 142 Gif any..mutilates ane other with ane batton. 1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein I. i. 21 If you use your baton, he rewards you with the stab of a knife. b. A staff or stick generally; a walking-stick (after French use). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > types of tools generally > [noun] > in form of bar, pole, rod, etc. stingc725 stakec893 sowelc900 tree971 rungOE shaftc1000 staffc1000 stockc1000 poleOE spritOE luga1250 lever1297 stanga1300 perchc1300 raftc1330 sheltbeam1336 stower1371 palea1382 spar1388 spire1392 perk1396 ragged staff1397 peela1400 slot1399 plantc1400 heck-stower1401 sparkin1408 cammockc1425 sallow stakec1440 spoke1467 perk treec1480 yard1480 bode1483 spit1485 bolm1513 gada1535 ruttock1542 stob1550 blade1558 wattle1570 bamboo1598 loggat1600 barling1611 sparret1632 picket1687 tringle1706 sprund1736 lug-pole1773 polting lug1789 baton1801 stuckin1809 rack-pin1821 picket-pin1844 I-iron1874 pricker1875 stag1881 podger1888 window pole1888 verge1897 sallow pole1898 lat1899 swizzle-stick1962 the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > something to lean on > staff to lean on > walking stick staffc725 yardc1000 bat?c1225 rodc1300 handstaffa1425 walking staffc1450 sceptre1526 walking stick1580 stick1620 nibbie1812 baton1860 waddy1974 1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod ii. iii. 98 A small batton or stump set up. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §11. 79 Driving..the spikes of our batons into the slope above our feet. c. transferred. Of bread: a long loaf; also, a thin short stick. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > loaf > [noun] > stick French loafc1350 grissino1853 baton1858 stick1872 breadstick1887 stick loaf1923 French stick1955 1858 ‘G. Eliot’ Amos Barton ii, in Scenes Clerical Life I. 38 Chubby, who is making a round O of her mouth to receive a bit of papa's ‘baton’. 1901 Westm. Gaz. 22 Apr. 7/2 The crowd consumed..17,000 batons. 1959 M. Steen Tower i. v. 76 A bâton of French bread and some cheese. d. plural. [See note at club n. 8] One of the four suits (equivalent to Clubs) in packs of playing-cards used in Italy and Spanish-speaking countries, and in tarot packs. Cf. quot. 1816 at sword n. 1e. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > suit > specific suit or card of clubs1563 hearts1583 money1593 diamond1594 spade1598 spade1745 swords1816 coins1844 batons1848 puppyfoot1907 1848 W. A. Chatto Facts Hist. Playing Cards iv. 191 The earliest writers who mention Tarocchi as a kind of cards, always speak of them as consisting of four suits,—Swords, Cups, Batons, and Money. 1892 M. K. van Rensselaer Devil's Picture Bks. 82 Francis Fibbia..had obtained as the inventor of Tarocchino..the privilege of placing his own arms on the Queen of Batons. 1930 C. P. Hargrave Hist. Playing Cards viii. 235 (caption) Hombre cards in which the suit signs of swords and batons interlace in the Italian manner. 1930 C. P. Hargrave Hist. Playing Cards viii. 245 The King of batons bears a round escutcheon. 1964 A. Wykes Gambling vii The earliest known Tarot pack..had four suits: Cups (or Chalices), Swords, Money, and Batons (or Clubs). 2. a. A staff or truncheon carried as the symbol of office, command, or authority; a staff of office; e.g. a Marshal's baton, that carried by engine-drivers on a single line of railway, and the truncheon of a constable. Formerly also batoon n. 2. Also attributive esp. in baton charge, a charge made by police constables with drawn truncheons; hence (hyphenated) as v. transitive and intransitive. Also baton round, a rubber or plastic bullet (as fired from a baton gun). ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > symbol of office or authority > [noun] > staff or rod yardc1275 tipped stickc1386 bastona1400 mace?a1419 wandc1430 warderc1440 baculc1449 roda1450 verge1493 staff1535 tipstaff1541 verger1547 truncheon1573 vare1578 baton?1590 trunch1590 fasces1598 macer wanda1600 virge1610 batoona1652 stick1677 shaku1875 poker1905 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] > constable's or watchman's pestlea1500 baton?1590 locust club1850 locust1857 locust stick1859 nightclub1882 nightstick1887 billy1889 society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > activity of > specific baton charge1890 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > bullet > types of bullet pistol bullet?1591 musket bullet1598 musket ball1637 silver bullet1648 three-o(h)-three1683 pistol ball1689 musket shot1755 Biscayen1812 picket1848 rifle bolt1849 Minié ball1851 Minié1852 expanding bullet1859 navy bullet1873 two-two1895 dum-dum1897 Lee-Enfield bullet1899 rubber bullet1900 full-metal-jacket1913 round-nose1932 thirty-two1942 plastic bullet1945 baton round1968 society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [verb (transitive)] > specific activities of policeman to move on1894 bust1964 baton charge1976 society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [verb (intransitive)] > specific activities of policeman patrol1777 baton charge1977 ?1590–1 J. Burel Discription Queens Entry Edinb. in Poems sig. N4^v With battons blank, into thair hands. a1680 J. Bargrave Pope Alexander VII (1867) ii. 116 Æsculapius..in a long robe, with his baton or knotty staff in his hand. 1690 London Gaz. No. 2527/3 His High-Steward and Chamberlain, having gilt Batons in their Hands. 1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain ii. xxvii. 99 The weighty baton of command. 1813 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) X. 452 Marshal Jourdan's Bâton of a Marshal of France. 1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. i. 39 Buchan got the baton of High Constable. 1890 Rev. of Reviews Nov. 489/1 As police officer, having headed a bâton charge upon them. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 12 Nov. 5/1 There a large force of police was gathered, and, a baton charge taking place, several people were badly injured. 1906 Daily Chron. 2 Nov. 7/6 Bleeding..from stick and baton wounds. 1968 Hong Kong Rep. 1967 i. 12 On July 8..the police post was attacked and..the police opened fire with gas and wooden ‘baton’ projectiles. 1972 Times 11 Aug. 1/1 An Army officer emphasized tonight that the PVC bullet would not replace the rubber baton round. 1973 D. Barzilay Brit. Army in Ulster (1978) I. 73/2 The rubber bullet was developed from an idea used in the Hong Kong riots when wooden bullets were fired from the baton gun. 1976 Guardian Weekly 14 Nov. 2/3 A police car stopped in the road..and a policeman jumped out and baton-charged a boy of nine or ten. 1977 Times 4 Apr. 1/6 The police and troops baton-charged, and running battles with the demonstrators took place over a wide area. 1985 Times 8 Oct. 2/5 Weighing 4.75 oz and composed of solid PVC, the bullet, known officially as a baton round, is fired by a special launcher. 1986 Financial Times 31 Jan. 2/4 In one incident several hundred women were baton-charged by Spanish riot police who also fired rubber bullets and tear gas. 1986 Daily Tel. 25 Sept. 3/2 In the great majority of instances the discharge of a baton round when a riot is taking place does not cause serious injury or death. b. Athletics. The short stick or rod passed from one runner to another in a relay race. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > [noun] > relay race > baton baton1920 1920 Isis 13 Oct. 2/2 Ten yards is allotted each side of the starting line in which to pass the baton to the next competitor. 1927 W. Deeping Kitty xxiv. 310 You snatched the baton from the failing hand of the past. 1958 Times 25 Aug. 4/1 The British sprint relay teams won their silver medals through immaculate baton changing. 3. Heraldry. An ordinary, in breadth the fourth part of a bend n.¹, not extending to the extremities of an escutcheon, but broken off short at each end, so as to have the figure of a truncheon; used by French heralds as a difference or mark of consanguinity, but in English coats of arms only in the form of the baton sinister, the badge of bastardy. (Popularly called bar sinister.) Formerly baston n. 4, batune, batoon n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [noun] > charge of simplest or commonest kind > band crossing shield diagonally > running from top right to bottom left > of quarter width bastonc1425 fissure1486 staff1486 batoon1562 fillet1572 baton1816 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. viii. 221 Here is the baton-sinister, the mark of illegitimacy, extended diagonally through both coats upon the shield. 1863 C. Boutell Man. Heraldry xxxii. 374 The eldest son of this Earl removed his father's baton from his arms. 4. Music. The light stick or wand used by a musical conductor for beating time. (From modern French, and often pronounced as French.) Also in the phrase under the baton of, under the conductorship of, conducted by. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > accessories > [noun] > conductor's baton baton1785 stick1841 baguette1876 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > conducting > [adverb] under the baton of1877 1785 C. Burney Acct. Musical Performances 14 So numerous a band moving in such exact measure, without..a Coryphæus to beat the time, either with a roll of paper, or a noisy baton. 1829 Morning Post 27 May 3/2 Mr. Mendlessohn conducted his Sinfonia with a baton, as is customary in Germany, France, etc. 1867 Athenæum 6 Apr. The introduction of the bâton in England. 1877 G. B. Shaw in Hornet 27 June 330/2 Its [sc. the opera's] new aspect under the bâton of Signor Vianesi. 1877 G. B. Shaw in Hornet 1 Aug. 378/2 He is the only chief under whose baton orchestras display good training. 1880 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 82 There..1820, Spohr appeared..when a baton was used for perhaps the first time at an English concert. 1884 Yorks. Post 30 Apr. It was Costa, who founded in England the order of conductor, and who introduced the wand as baton in lieu of the fiddlestick. 1962 Observer 15 July 22/3 The work was played by another British orchestra under the composer's baton. 5. See batten n.¹ Draft additions September 2013 An ornamented metal rod used to beat time or waved and twirled by a drum major, drum majorette, or other person in a parade, display, competition, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [noun] > twirling > one who or that which twirler1808 baton1822 1822 ‘W. Butterworth’ Three Years Adventures of Minor ii. 36 In his hand he bore a strong walking stick, surmounted with a silver head, something like a drum-major's baton. 1871 O. E. Wood West Point Scrap Bk. 129 The band now, in obedience to the wave of the baton of the Drum-Major, beats the ‘Adjutant's call’. 1924 C. N. Fielder Field Tactics for Mil. Band 49 The drum major should practice handling the baton until his movements and posture are graceful. a1966 S. Jackson Nightmare in L. J. Hyman & S. H. Steward Just Ordinary Day (1996) 44 Twelve drum majorettes in scarlet jackets and skirts..carrying silver batons marched six abreast down the street. 2007 J. Porterfield Band Front i. 17 Many national competitions are held every year for majorettes. These events showcase the skill and precision required to twirl the baton. Draft additions September 2013 baton twirler n. originally U.S. a person who twirls a baton in a parade, display, competition, etc.; spec. a drum major or drum majorette. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > conductor or leader > [noun] > drum-major drum major1602 baton twirler1902 twirler1949 1902 Daily Gaz. & Bull. (Williamsport, Pa.) 6 Oct. 6/1 (headline) Major Kilpatrick... forms a partnership with..baton twirler and they will put a great act on the stage. 1931 Slingerland Drum Corps Handbk. 31 Lee Suttell, Baton Twirler of the Buffalo, N. Y. American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps. 1963 U. Beadle These Ruins are Inhabited iv. 49 In time the image of cheerleaders and baton twirlers faded from the young American minds. 2008 K. Torgovnick Cheer! viii. 109 A troop of baton twirlers in sparkly leotards struts on to the field, batons spinning like plane propellers. baton twirling n. originally U.S. (a) n. the action, practice, or skill of twirling a baton, esp. in a parade or competition; (b) adj. that twirls a baton. ΚΠ 1889 H. C. Palmer et al. Athletic Sports Amer., Eng. & Austral. ii. 265 A feature of the performance was the baton twirling..of Clarence Duval. 1889 Boston Sunday Globe 5 May 7/2 There was no baton twirling drum major. 1931 Slingerland Drum Corps Handbk. 30/1 For a number of years Baton Twirling was almost forgotten. 1998 Daily Tel. (Electronic ed.) 11 Oct. (Mag. section) 41 When she was..a regional baton-twirling champion, she got whacked on the head with a baton. 2012 Somerset Guardian (Nexis) 22 Nov. 13 Spectators were treated to a unique selection of floats and entrants from dancing pirates to baton-twirling majorettes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022). batonv. /ˈbatən/ Forms: Also 1500s battoun(e, 1800s batton. Etymology: < baton n. To strike with a baton or truncheon; formerly, to cudgel: see the earlier form batoon v. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of striking with specific blunt weapon > strike with specific blunt weapon [verb (transitive)] mellc1440 wapper1481 bebat1565 rib-roast1570 batonc1580 flail1582 club1593 bastonate1596 cudgel1598 rib-baste1598 shrub1599 truncheon1600 cut1607 scutch1611 macea1634 batoon1683 towel1705 quarterstaff1709 pole1728 handspike1836 blackjack1847 bludgeon1868 sandbag1887 cosh1922 sap1926 pistol-whip1930 knuckle-dust1962 c1580 A. Montgomerie Sonn. to R. Hudsone They battouned her quhill that thay saw her bluid. 1820 W. Scott Abbot I. iv. 94 That this young esquire shall poniard the servants, as well as switch and batton them. 1885 Times 17 Apr. 6/4 If they did not leave peaceably, they would be batoned by the police. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.c1550v.c1580
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