Truncheon /(?)/

Trun·cheon

Truncheon

n.
  1. A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear.
    With his truncheon he so rudely struck.
  2. A baton, or military staff of command.
    The marshal's truncheon nor the judges robe.
  3. A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth.

Truncheon

v. t.
  1. To beat with a truncheon.