baton

Definitions

• A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes
• (music) The stick of a conductor in musical performances.
• (sports) An object transferred by runners in a relay race.
• (US) A short stout club used primarily by policemen; a truncheon UK.
• (heraldiccharge) An abatement in coats of arms to denote illegitimacy. (Also spelled batune, baston).
• (heraldiccharge) A riband with the ends cut off, resembling a baton, as shown on a coat of arms.
• A short vertical lightweight post, not set into the ground, used to separate wires in a fence.