Baston
Baston (bas"tun) , noun
[Old French baston, French bâton, Late Latin basto. See Bastion, and compare Baton, and 3d Batten.]
1.
A staff or cudgel. [Obsolete]
To fight with blunt bastons.
2.
(Heraldry) See Baton.
3.
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. — Mozley & W