Baston
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbæstən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Baston is a noun meaning (heraldry) Obsolete form of baton.
Meaning
(heraldry) Obsolete form of baton.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) A staff or cudgel.
- (obsolete) 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.
Example Sentences
[fight] performed by bastons, clubs and coulstaves
Thoſe Chriſtian Captiues, which you keepe as ſlaues, […] when they chance to reſt or breath a ſpace, Are puniſht with Baſtones so grieuouſly, That they lie panting on the Gallies ſide.
Baston (Bâton). A French word signifying a staff or club. In the statutes it sometimes denotes an officer in attendance upon the king's court with a painted staff, for the taking into custody persons committed by the court.
Baston, is a French Word signifying a Staff or Club, and by the Statures of our Realm, denotes one of the Wardens of the Fleet's Servants or Officers, that attendeth the King's Court with a painted Staff, for the taking into Custody such as are committed by the Court.
Word Forms
- bastons
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include broomstaff, staddle, staffe, vine-staff, yard, steddle.
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