baston

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Obsolete form of baton.
2. noun A staff or cudgel.
3. noun An officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed by the court.

Similar words

broomstaff staddle staffe vine-staff yard steddle cavel stob waster stadle

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