Truncheon

Etymology
From tronchon:, from  *undefined:, from  truncus:.

Noun

 * 1)  A fragment or piece broken off from something, especially a broken-off piece of a spear or lance.
 * 2) *1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VII.2:
 * Helpe me that thys truncheoune were oute of my syde, for hit stykith so sore that hit nyghe sleyth me.
 * 1)  The shaft of a spear.
 * 2) A short staff, a club; a cudgel.
 * 3) *1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 52:
 * One is a large ball of iron, fastened with three chains to a strong truncheon or staff of about two feet long; the other is of mixed metal, in the form of a channelled melon, fastened also to a staff by a triple chain; these balls weigh eight pounds.
 * 1) * Edmund Spenser
 * With his truncheon he so rudely struck.
 * 1) A baton, or military staff of command, now especially the stick carried by a police officer.
 * 2) * 1604, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, Act II, Scene II, line 60.:
 * Not the king's crown, nor the deputed sword / The marshal's truncheon, nor the judge's robe / Become them with one half so good a grace / As mercy does.
 * 1)  A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth.