Pikestaff

//ˈpaɪkstæf// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The wooden shaft of a pike.
  2. 2
    the staff of a pike wordnet
  3. 3
    A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping.

    "So soon as he got into the grave, he struck his pikestaff forcibly down; it encountered resistance in its descent"

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"So soon as he got into the grave, he struck his pikestaff forcibly down; it encountered resistance in its descent"

Etymology

From pike + staff.

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