truncheoned
simple past tense and past participle of truncheon
truncheoned (not comparable)
Armed with a truncheon.
Source: Wiktionary
Trun"cheoned, a.
Definition: Having a truncheon.
Trun"cheon, n. Etym: [OE. tronchoun the shaft of a broken spear, broken piece, OF.tronchon, tron, F. tron, fr. OF. & F. tronce, tronche, a piece of wood; cf. OF. trons, tros, trois; all perhaps from L. thyrsus a stalk, stem, staff. See Thyrsus, and cf. Trounce.]
1. A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear. With his truncheon he so rudely struck. Spenser.
2. A baton, or military staff of command. The marshal's truncheon nor the judges robe. Shak.
3. A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth. Gardner.
Trun"cheon, v. t.
Definition: To beat with a truncheon. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
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