truncheoned, a.
(ˈtrʌnʃənd)
[f. truncheon n. + -ed2.]
Furnished or armed with a truncheon.
| 1761 Goldsm. Cit. W. cix, The brickdust man took up as much room as the truncheoned hero. 1821 Blackw. Mag. X. 698 Truncheoned and uniformed as becomes a man of his military habits. 1839 Morn. Herald 11 July, The truncheoned police of the metropolis. 1883 Hall Caine Cobwebs Crit. vii. 202 A city-marshal broke his leg..while walking truncheoned from the Mansion House. |