truncheoune

Middle English

Noun

truncheoune

  1. alternative form of tronchoun
    • 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book VII, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:
      Helpe me that thys truncheoune were oute of my syde, for hit stykith so sore that hit nyghe sleyth me.
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