Geographically, the batons spread from the Pyrenees into Belgium and eastward into Moravia and Russia.
Harpoons with barbs on one side only; also batons de commandement.
Another site in Russia is the grotto of Maszycka, and characteristic Magdalenian harpoons, needles, and batons de commandement with other implements have also been found to the eastward, in the neighborhood of Kiev, in the Ukraine.
Decorated batons de commandement carved from reindeer horn with a large perforation opposite the brow tine.
The bone industry includes a number of awls and smoothers, as well as numerous 'batons de commandement.
Then there were batons de commandement, carved with scenes of the chase and with spirited heads of the horse and other animals, which quite probably were insignia of office.
This late Magdalenian level is distinguished everywhere by the rich decoration of all the bone implements and weapons, as well as of the 'batons de commandement.
Reinach has suggested that batons were trophies of the chase, and according to Schoetensack they may have been used as ornaments to fasten the clothing.
The rank of Marshal of France was indicated by twobatons in saltire behind the shield.
The two conductors' batons moved as if they were in the hands of one, and, from first to last, the chorus and orchestra were together in perfect time and with the most tender regard for light and shade.
I could soon blow it through," and he began to prepare a place for batons and props, pending the arrival of more help from those who were only too eager to come down to his aid.
We venture to say that the little group of selfish wire-pullers at whose bidding the meeting has been summoned, will sneak away before the batons of half a dozen policemen, and their followers will be found to be non-existent.
At a word from their officer the men drew their batonsand stood in front of us.
Strict orders have been given--batons ought to be quite sufficient.
By the end of the Empire, death and the necessity of rewarding merit added to the list of Marshals until in all twenty-six batons were granted by the Emperor.
Two batons were withheld as a reward for future service.
Therefore we cast down our batons at the feet of the hetman; for virtue, duty, faith, and honor so commanded.
Others had thrown their batons at the feet of the prince, but Kmita did not join them; he did not move even when the prince shouted, "Ganhoff and Kmita, to me!
In the same way Field-Marshals are entitled to place crossed batons behind their shields.
He seems to imagine that, of the three batons placed behind the Duke, one, bearing acorns and oak leaves, alludes to his successful campaigns on his own account, for recovery of his states.
Next marched by, an imposing military pageant, with the banners and ensigns of those states and cities over which Federigo had been victorious, and with the batons of command entrusted to him by the different powers whom he had served.
Even his batons of command are perfect nature, chiefly that of his own adventure, thus budding on the faith of his renown, which began to shed its glories in the war which humbled his private foe.
Driving the iron claws of our boots into the scars made by the ax, and the spikes of our batons into the slope above our feet, we ascended steadily until the summit was attained, and the top of the mountain rose clearly above us.
Here, also, at each step we drove our batons firmly into the snow, availing ourselves of whatever help they could render.
On this occasion, however, they came by special train from Belfast and were marched in military order to the Mansion House, where some sackfuls of policemen's brand-new batons were distributed amongst them.
The policemen appear to have used their batons with great force, but they escaped themselves almost unhurt.
There was a desperate engagement, but, notwithstanding their murderous weapons, the Orangemen were utterly routed, flying before the disciplined charge of the police, who freely used their batons on their retreating opponents.
Such of them as could crush their way out, instead of being assisted, were set upon and assaulted with their batons by several policemen, who were in the street outside.
The little "feathers" of hair, with which some ladies are troubled, are by the aid of these batons made to lie down smooth.
Captain of the King's Guards: Two small batons sable, headed gold, like a walking-cane.
Captain of the Hundred Swiss Guards: Two batons in saltire sable, headed argent, and under the arms two black velvet caps with feathers.
Occasionally batons or wands or other insignia of office are to be found in conjunction with armorial bearings, but these will be more fully dealt with under the heading of Insignia of Office.
The Earl Marshal and Hereditary Marshal of England places two batons of gold tipped with sable in saltire behind his arms.
First Master of the Household: Under his arms two batons in saltire.
The Earl Marischal of Scotland (until the office was extinguished by attainder) placed saltirewise behind his shield two batons gules, seme of thistles, each ensigned on the top with an Imperial Crown or.
Grand Master of the Household to the King: Two grand batons of silver gilt in saltire behind the arms.
The Hereditary Marshal of Ireland (an office for long past in abeyance) used twobatons in saltire behind his arms.
How far short of the ideal knight of {404} romance the knight of fact fell, perhaps the frequent bordures and batons of heraldry are the best indication.
The Lord High Constable of Scotland is entitled to place behind his escutcheon, in saltire, two silver batons tipped with gold at either end.
The escutcheon may be placed in front of the crosiers of a bishop, the batons of the Earl Marshal, or similar ornaments.
Two batons are usually placed in saltire behind the arms of Lyon King of Arms.
The Grand Chamberlain had two golden keys in saltire, the bows thereof enclosing the imperial eagle, and the batons of the Marechaux de French were seme of bees instead of fleurs-de-lis.
The Marshal: Two batonsin saltire behind the arms azure, seme-de-lis or.
The Lord High Constable of England is entitled to place behind his escutcheon two batons in saltire similar to the one which is delivered to him for use at the Coronation, which is now the only occasion when the office is enjoyed.
Then it snuffed out, having practically nothing to feed upon save the tangled mass of wood scene frames, batons and paint-soaked canvas on the stage.
The manila lines by which the carloads of scenery in the loft above was suspended gave way before the fire like so much paper and the great wooden batons fell like thunder bolts upon the now deserted stage.
The spurs were borne by one herald, the helmet and crest by another, the sword and target by a third, the surcoat by a fourth, the foreignbatons by their foreign bearers, the English baton by Lord Anglesey.
Notice that the different batons and fragments of batons represented in this book differ in the number of holes bored through them.
That's a guid sign: our batons are short because we are quiet and civil, and our ellwands are lang because we are honest.
Those crossed batons represented a dizzy altitude to that battery which had just come out from England.
Our batons were at least six feet long: we drove them into the snow to secure an anchorage, but they sank to their very ends, and we merely retained a length of them sufficient for a grasp.
The batons were coated with ice, and even the stem of my thermometer, the bulb of which was in hot water, was covered by a frozen enamel.
Driving the iron claws of our boots into the scars made by the axe, and the spikes of our batons into the slope above our feet, we ascended steadily until the summit was attained, and the top of the mountain rose clearly above us.
All further dangers, however, were soon past, and we went at a headlong speed to the base of the Grands Mulets; the sound of our batons against the rocks calling Huxley forth.
Here also at each step we drove our batonsfirmly into the snow, availing ourselves of whatever help they could render.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "batons" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
