Quarterstaff

[kwɔ:tәstɑ:f]

Definition

(noun.) a long stout staff used as a weapon.

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Definition

(n.) A long and stout staff formerly used as a weapon of defense and offense; -- so called because in holding it one hand was placed in the middle, and the other between the middle and the end.

Typed by Garrett