Sentence:  <WSD>Baston</WSD> ("Bâton"). A French word signifying a staff or club. In the statutes it sometimes denotes an officer in attendance upon the king's court with a painted staff, for the taking into custody persons committed by the court. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed by the court.