A horizontal or transverse beam or similar member that extends across or perpendicular to something.
A bar or timber connecting two knightheads or two bitts; a timber over the windlass, with pins for belaying the running rigging.
A short staff, a club; a cudgel.
A baton, or military staff of command, now especially the stick carried by a police officer.
A penis.
To strike with a truncheon.