/trun"cheuhn/ , n.
1. the club carried by a police officer; billy.
2. a staff representing an office or authority; baton.
3. the shattered shaft of a spear.
4. Obs. cudgel; bludgeon.
v.t.
5. Archaic. to beat with a club.
[ 1300-50; ME tronchon fragment truncion-, s. of * truncio lit., a lopping. See TRUNK, -ION ]