also 6 battoun(e. [f. prec. sb.] To strike with a baton or truncheon; formerly, to cudgel: see the earlier form BATOON v.
c. 1580. Montgomerie, To R. Hudson. They battouned her quhill that thay saw her bluid.
1820. Scott, Abbot, iv. That this young esquire shall poniard the servants, as well as switch and baton them.
1885. Times, 17 April, 6/4. If they did not leave peaceably they would be batoned by the police.
