A club, a truncheon. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] > constable's or watchman's (8) pestlea1500 A club, a truncheon. Obsolete. baton?1590 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… locust club1850 a truncheon made of locust wood, formerly used esp. by the New York City police force; cf. sense 7 and locust stick n. locust1857 U.S. slang. A truncheon made of locust wood; = locust club n. at compounds 2. Hence occasionally also: a policeman. Now rare. locust stick1859 = locust club n. nightclub1882 U.S. = nightstick, n. Obsolete. nightstick1887 A stick of medium length carried by a police officer or security guard, esp. at night. billy1889 A term applied to various machines and implements. a highwayman's club; a bludgeon; also (U.S.), a policeman's truncheon; see also quot. 1848; also… |
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