The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cheroot \Che*root"\ (ch[-e]*r[=oo]t"; 277), n. [Tamil
   shuru[.t][.t]u, prop., a roll.]
   A kind of cigar, originally brought from Manila, in the
   Philippine Islands; now often made of inferior or adulterated
   tobacco.
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cheroot
    n 1: a cigar with both ends cut flat