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An assortment of club weapons from the Wujing Zongyao from left to right: flail, metal bat, double flail, truncheon, mace, barbed mace. A club (also known as a cudgel, baton, bludgeon, truncheon, cosh, nightstick, or impact weapon) is a short staff or stick, usually made of wood, wielded as a weapon or tool [1] since prehistory.
A baton (also truncheon, nightstick, billy club, billystick, cosh, lathi, or simply stick) is a roughly cylindrical club made of wood, rubber, plastic, or metal. It is carried as a compliance tool and defensive weapon [ 1 ] by law-enforcement officers , correctional staff , security guards and military personnel .
cosh – a weapon, truncheon, baton (from košter "stick") cove – British-English colloquial term meaning a person or chap (from kova "that person") dick ...
Assorted shillelaghs. A shillelagh (/ ʃ ɪ ˈ l eɪ l i,-l ə / shil-AY-lee, -lə; Irish: sail éille or saill éalaigh [1] [ˌsˠal̠ʲ ˈeːlʲə], "thonged willow") is a wooden walking stick and club or cudgel, typically made from a stout knotty blackthorn stick with a large knob at the top.
cosh (mathematical function), hyperbolic cosine, a mathematical function with notation cosh(x)-COSH, a representation of the thiocarboxylic acid functional group in chemistry; Chlorpromazine, an antipsychotic drug; ChromeOS Shell, an operating system designed by Google
A Millwall brick or bat is an improvised weapon made of a manipulated newspaper, used as a small club. It was named after supporters of Millwall F.C., who have a reputation for football hooliganism. The Millwall brick was allegedly used as a stealth weapon at football matches in England during the 1960s and 1970s. The weapon's popularity ...
Used as the murder weapon of convenience in Series 8 of the BBC's Father Brown, Episode 7, "The River Corrupted", thereby framing the owner of the tool. [ 2 ] Tommy "Fishpriest" Barth (portrayed by Ethan Hawke ), the main character in the Fishpriest podcast series, is nicknamed after his weapon of choice.
Assault weapon: A term used in some jurisdictions within the United States, usually used to describe semi-automatic rifles that fire from a detachable magazine. Automatic fire: A weapon capable of automatic fire is one that will continually expend ammunition for as long as the trigger is held.