Baton
Pronunciation : Bat"on
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. b. See Baston.]
Definition : 1. A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical performances. He held the baton of command. Prescott.
2. (Her.)
Defn: An ordinary with its ends cut off, borne sinister as a mark of bastardy, and containing one fourth in breadth of the bend sinister; -- called also bastard bar. See Bend sinister.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913