CI They cast thetruncheons down, their coursers wheel, And, full of daring, with drawn falchions close.
They have also truncheons under their girdles four spans long with a knob at the end.
Thereupon the superintendent gave the word to charge, and in the melee which followed truncheons were made use of, and three policemen were stabbed, one of them being killed on the spot.
The Superintendent in charge, thinking that the time for vigorous action had arrived, ordered the police to draw their truncheons and clear the roadway.
In this encounter truncheons were again used, and numerous minor injuries inflicted, but only one arrest was made.
The police brought their truncheons into active use, and a number of the roughs were somewhat severely handled.
Some of the men commenced knocking the constables’ hats off, and, to protect themselves, the men were obliged to use theirtruncheons with considerable force.
A fight, of course, ensued, in which stones formed the favourite weapons of the one side, andtruncheons of the other.
The first thing he did was to tear a bough or two off a tree, meaning to cut three truncheons to form the legs of his stool.
The truncheons were all out, and some rough intimations given to those in front that mischief was meant.
I observed temporary loss of smell on three occasions.
Prior to the accident the patient was suffering from diarrhoea, but afterwards the bowels were confined.
When a dressing needs changing from fouling of its outer parts, it is preferable to cut round the adherent part of the deep layers and apply some fresh gauze over the central scab rather than to remove it.
Once a naked arm thrust one of the golden truncheons from behind its cover, pointing at a flying thing a few yards overhead.
Swarms of men came racing toward the open gate, their truncheons aglow in the sunlight.
A couple of policemen fell out and drew their truncheons to walk close behind the Commissioner; but Dr.
And mind," he added, "no truncheons drawn till I myself give the order.
The tree is admirably adapted for thickening or filling up blanks in woods and plantations; and, for this purpose, truncheons may be planted from three to four inches in diameter, and from ten to twelve feet high.
These truncheons have the great advantage of not being overshadowed by the adjoining trees, which is almost always the case when young plants are used for filling up vacancies among old trees.
For the same reason olives are usually propagated in nurseries from truncheons such as I have described, rather than from its seed, which is hard like a nut and slow to germinate.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "truncheons" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
