Pikestaff
/ˈpaɪkstæf/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The wooden shaft of a pike.
- 2 the staff of a pike wordnet
- 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"
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"So soon as he got into the grave, he struck his pikestaff forcibly down; it encountered resistance in its descent"
Etymology
From pike + staff.