Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - baton
Baton
baton
n. 1 a thin stick used by a conductor to direct an orchestra, choir, etc. 2 Athletics a short stick or tube carried and passed on by the runners in a relay race. 3 a long stick carried and twirled by a drum major. 4 a staff of office or authority, esp. a Field Marshal's. 5 a policeman's truncheon. 6 Heraldry a narrow truncated bend. 7 Horol. a short bar replacing some figures on dials. Phrases and idioms baton round a rubber or plastic bullet. Etymology: F b{acirc}ton, baston ult. f. LL bastum stick
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noun Etymology: French bâton, from Old French baston, ultimately from Late Latin bastum stick Date: 1520 cudgel, truncheon, a staff borne as a symbol of office, a narrow heraldic bend, a slender rod with which a leader directs a band or orchestra, a hollow cylinder carried by each member of a relay team and passed to the succeeding runner, a hollow metal rod with a weighted bulb at one or both ends that is flourished or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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