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Baton

Wooden club, worn smooth, in a police belt or a field marshal's hand.

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Baton is a warm grey.

It can be described as warm, muted, greyish and dusty.

Set in white, because white reads best on it.

Baton

Club (weapon)

A club is a short staff or stick, usually made of wood, wielded as a weapon or tool since prehistory. There are several examples of blunt-force trauma caused by clubs in the past, including at the site of Nataruk in Turkana, Kenya, described as the scene of a prehistoric conflict between bands of hunter-gatherers 10,000 years ago.

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Baton (law enforcement)

A baton is a roughly cylindrical club made of wood, rubber, plastic, or metal. It is carried as a compliance tool and defensive weapon by law-enforcement officers, correctional staff, security guards and military personnel. The name baton comes from the French bâton (stick), derived from Old French Baston, from Latin bastum.

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Baton (military)

The ceremonial baton is a short, thick stick-like object, typically in wood or metal, that is traditionally the sign of a field marshal or a similar high-ranking military officer, and carried as a piece of their uniform. The baton is distinguished from the swagger stick in being thicker and effectively without any practical function. A staff of office is rested on the ground; a baton is not. Unlike a royal sceptre that is crowned on one end with an eagle or globe, a baton is typically flat-ended.

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baton

Noun

  1. A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes.
  2. A ceremonial staff of a field marshal or a similar high-ranking military office.

Verb

  1. To strike with a baton.
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